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Myrtle Creek Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on June 13, 2010

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Overview: Concrete arch bridge over South Umpqua River on CR 386 in Myrtle Creek
Location: Myrtle Creek, Douglas County, Oregon
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1922, Rehabilitation & Widening 2007
Builders: - Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, North Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
- Holm II (Rehab-Widening Contractor)
- Lindstrom & Feigenson (Contractor)
- OBEC Consulting Engineers (Rehab-Widening Engineers)
Design: Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 130.0 ft.
Total length: 597.1 ft.
Deck width: 26.0 ft.
Also called: South Umpqua River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.02500, -123.29583 (decimal degrees)
43°01'30" N, 123°17'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/475896/4763633 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Myrtle Creek
Inventory numbers: ORNBI 19C513 386 040 (Oregon bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 29959 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2011): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 35.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 9,504

Update Log

June 14, 2010: New photos from Michael Goff
April 20, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
July 28, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
June 20, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
June 19, 2008: New photos from Michael Goff
June 12, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff

Related Bridges

I-5 - Booth Ranch Bridge (Southbound) (Downstream) - Modern I-5 - Booth Ranch Bridge (Northbound) between structures
C.O.R.P. - South Umpqua River Bridge (Upstream)

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

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Myrtle Creek Arch Bridge

Posted November 17, 2009, by Mike (mikeinpdx13 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge also underwent some work back in 1987; it was closed for six months while they widened the lanes....the citizens of Myrtle Creek were forced to use a country road, or drive south the Tri City to access their homes.

Before that, it was effectively a one lane bridge for anything but passenger cars.