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South Umpqua River Bridge

Douglas County, Oregon

Photos 

Dillard Bridge - 1942

Photo taken by Ralph Gifford in 1942

Oregon State Archives, Oregon Department of Transportation, OHD1838

BH Photo #119973

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost continuous Warren through truss bridge over South Umpqua River on CR 387 in Dillard
Location
Dillard, Douglas County, Oregon
Status
Built in 1939, Replaced by new bridge in 2000
History
Replaced 2000
Builder
- Glenn S. Paxson of Salem, Oregon (Bridge Engineer)
Design
Continuous Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 234.9 ft.
Total length: 501.0 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Also called
Dillard Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.08056, -123.38639   (decimal degrees)
43°04'50" N, 123°23'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/468547/4769832 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Winston
Inventory numbers
ORNBI 19C516 387 449 (Oregon bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 37072 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1939 (814)
Built during 1930s (12,248)
Concrete balustrade (894)
Dillard, Oregon (2)
Douglas County, Oregon (83)
Glenn S. Paxson (60)
Lost (30,080)
Lost 2000 (414)
Lost during 2000s (4,442)
OR 99 (26)
Oregon (1,271)
Owned by county (21,728)
Polygonal Warren through truss (475)
 Polygonal Warren truss (1,163)
Replaced by UCEB (68)
Replaced by new bridge (20,471)
South Umpqua River (15)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,096)
Structurally deficient (12,752)
Through truss (17,910)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,137)
Truss (36,836)
US 99 (76)
Umpqua River (24)
Warren truss (7,095)

Update Log 

  • June 4, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 17, 2009: New photo from Michael Goff
  • August 4, 2008: Added by Michael Goff

Related Bridges 

Sources 

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

South Umpqua River Bridge
Posted November 17, 2009, by Michael Goff (michael [dot] goff [at] odot [dot] state [dot] or [dot] us)

The new one, unfortunately is a real good example of replacing a very good looking truss with a real ugly eyesore.

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

IIRC, this bridge was a casualty of a truck driver that didn't pay attention to the posted heights. He collided with the bridge, caused serious damage, and the bridge needed to be replaced. I hated driving across it with the reduced weight limits while the new bridge was constructed.

I miss the old bridge. The new one is just an UCEB. :(