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Shady Cove Bridge

Jackson County, Oregon

Photo 

Crater Lake Highway Bridge

Photo from old postcard

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BH Photo #496646

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren deck truss bridge over Rogue River on Crater Lake Highway SR 62
Location
Shady Cove, Jackson County, Oregon
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1921, Widened 1945, Replaced 1965
Builder
- Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, South Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
Design
Two 80-ft Warren Deck Truss main spans with four concrete tee-beam approach spans.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 306.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Also called
Crater Lake Highway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.61364, -122.81209   (decimal degrees)
42°36'49" N, 122°48'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/515412/4717928 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
1400 ft. above sea level
Inventory numbers
OR 00684 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 92988 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Balustrade railing (77)
Beam (16,987)
Built 1921 (602)
Built during 1920s (10,287)
Concrete balustrade (888)
Concrete tee beam (3,358)
Conde B. McCullough (130)
Deck truss (1,951)
Jackson County, Oregon (43)
Lost (29,311)
Lost 1965 (99)
Lost during 1960s (1,004)
OR 62 (4)
 Oregon (1,263)
Owned by state (16,595)
Replaced by new bridge (19,908)
Riveted (2,580)
Rogue River (18)
Shady Cove, Oregon (1)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,691)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,566)
Truss (36,146)
Warren deck truss (679)
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals (82)
Warren truss (7,059)

Update Log 

  • May 27, 2021: Updated by Mike Goff: Added bridge data from plans.
  • April 30, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

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

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