Beaver Creek Bridge

Photos

General View Of Setting, Facing Northwest

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #138170

Overview: Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Beaver Creek on Kukkala Road
Location: Columbia County, Oregon
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built in 1915, Moved to Kukkala Road in 1965, Replaced in 1998 by a pre-cast slab bridge.
Design: The Beaver Creek Bridge was the only pony truss bridge in Oregon to utilize the double-intersection Warren truss configuration. The bridge was also the oldest example of a rivited connected truss when it was demolished in 1998.
Information from the HAER report on the structure.
Dimensions: Span length: 48.0 ft.
Total length: 48.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Kukkala Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +46.11142, -123.16057 (decimal degrees)
46°06'41" N, 123°09'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/487591/5106439 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Clatskanie
Inventory number: BH 37171 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
HAER OR-87 - Beaver Creek Bridge, Spanning Beaver Creek at Kukkala County Road (Road, Clatskanie vicinity, Columbia County, OR