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I-5 - Booth Ranch Bridge (SB)

Douglas County, Oregon

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Booth Ranch Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on June 13, 2010

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BH Photo #167474

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss bridge over South Umpqua River on Southbound I-5
Location
Douglas County, Oregon
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1965; rehabilitated 1983
Builder
- Ivan D. Merchant (Bridge Engineer)
Design
Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 276.9 ft.
Total length: 883.9 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
Also called
South Umpqua River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.06389, -123.34833   (decimal degrees)
43°03'50" N, 123°20'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/471637/4767968 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Myrtle Creek
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
14,050
Inventory numbers
OR 07841A (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 29962 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 53.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1965 (239)
Built during 1960s (2,172)
Deck truss (1,973)
Douglas County, Oregon (83)
Have street view (29,908)
Interstate 5 (40)
Ivan D. Merchant (11)
Open (41,202)
Oregon (1,268)
 Owned by state (16,652)
South Umpqua River (15)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,285)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,134)
Truss (36,781)
Umpqua River (24)
Warren deck truss (681)
Warren truss (7,090)

Update Log 

  • June 14, 2010: New photos from Michael Goff
  • April 20, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
  • March 17, 2009: Updated by Michael Goff
  • June 20, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff

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Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Comments 

I-5 - Booth Ranch Bridge (Southbound)
Posted October 13, 2021, by Mike Goff (michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com)

It does not, if I get time to scroll through some old photos, I might get a page made up.

I-5 - Booth Ranch Bridge (Southbound)
Posted October 13, 2021, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Mike,

Thanks for clearing that up! I don't believe Bridgehunter has a page for the 1955 bridge?

I-5 - Booth Ranch Bridge (Southbound)
Posted October 13, 2021, by Mike Goff (michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The bridge in the ENR article is the former northbound bridge at this location that was built in 1955 and replaced in 2004. The southbound bridge was built in 1965 as a basic twin of the 1955 bridge with some key differences.

The 1965 bridge features pre-stressed girder approach spans and the truss is bolted at the field connections.

The 1955 bridge has cast in place concrete girder approaches and had an entirely riveted truss.

The 1955 bridge was replaced with a post-tensioned concrete box girder in 2004.

I-5 - Booth Ranch Bridge (Southbound)
Posted October 12, 2021, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I found this advertisement in a 1955 issue of ENR. If this is the same bridge (it looks the same) and assuming I-5 used to be OR-99, then I think this bridge may date to ca. 1955 rather than 1965. https://archive.org/details/sim_enr_1956-05-31_156_22/page/1...