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Coquille River Bridge

Coos County, Oregon

Photos 

General View From East

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #196477

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Lost swing span bridge over Coquille River on OR-42S (Fromerly US 101) in Coquille
Location
Coquille, Coos County, Oregon
Status
Removed and salvaged in 1993
History
Built 1922, Bypassed 1986, Demolished in 1993
Builders
- A.B. Gindley (Contractor)
- Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, South Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
Design
The Coquille River Bridge is on the original route of the Oregon Coast Highway. The swing span of the bridge was a 255-foot rivited steel through Parker Truss with a timber deck.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 255.0 ft.
Total length: 730.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.17356, -124.19276   (decimal degrees)
43°10'25" N, 124°11'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/403053/4780779 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Coquille
Inventory number
BH 37728 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A.B. Gindley (1)
Built 1922 (743)
Built during 1920s (10,259)
Center Pivot Swing Span (86)
Conde B. McCullough (124)
Coos County, Oregon (26)
Coquille River (Oregon) (7)
Coquille, Oregon (2)
HAER documented (1,122)
Have street view (28,921)
Lost (28,550)
Lost 1993 (474)
Lost during 1990s (4,148)
Movable (3,116)
 Navigable waterway (2,206)
Oregon (1,261)
Owned by state (16,565)
Parker through truss (1,412)
Parker truss (1,807)
Replaced by new bridge (19,419)
Riveted (2,518)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,259)
Swing (1,563)
Through truss (16,828)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,065)
Truss (35,517)
US 101 (107)

Update Log 

  • January 13, 2018: New photo from Leslie R trick
  • March 30, 2011: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • March 30, 2011: New photos from Michael Goff
  • October 21, 2008: Added by Michael Goff

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon - Dwight A. Smith, James B. Norman & Pieter T. Dykman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989
  • Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans - Robert W. Hadlow, Oregon State University Press, 2001
  • HAER OR-32 - Coquille River Bridge, Spanning Coquille River at State Route 244, Coquille, Coos, OR
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com

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