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Applegate River Bridge

Josephine County, Oregon
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Topographic View Of Applegate River Bridge, View Looking Northeast

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Applegate River on OR 238 in Murphy
Location
Murphy, Josephine County, Oregon
Status
Replaced by a steel plate girder bridge in 2004
History
Built 1935, Replaced 2004
Builder
- Glenn S. Paxson (Bridge Engineer)
Design
The Applegate River Bridge #01985 is significant as an intact example of a pre-WWII steel through truss. It is significant as an embodiment of an obsolete type and method of construction, a Parker through truss with riveted gusset plates, arched portals, laced members, barbell concrete piers, and cantilevered sidewalks. The Parker truss form, a Pratt truss with a polygonal top chord, is the predominant truss type for the remaining through truss bridges in Oregon.
(HAER OR-138)
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 450.2 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Also called
Murphy Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.34341, -123.33285   (decimal degrees)
42°20'36" N, 123°19'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/472582/4687959 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Murphy
Inventory numbers
OR 01985 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 42386 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/1999)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 50.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1997)
6,100

Categories 

9-panel truss (106)
Built 1935 (1,456)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Glenn S. Paxson (51)
HAER documented (782)
Have street view (9,897)
Josephine County, Oregon (14)
Lost (10,370)
Lost 2004 (411)
Lost during 2000s (3,091)
Murphy, Oregon (1)
 OR 238 (3)
Oregon (689)
Owned by state (9,809)
Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Replaced by new bridge (7,139)
Riveted (1,011)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2011: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • March 30, 2011: New photos from Michael Goff
  • April 20, 2009: Added by Michael Goff

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER OR-138 - Applegate River Bridge No. 01985, Spanning Applegate River at Milepost 6.14 of Jacksonville Highway (OR-238), Murphy vicinity, Josephine, OR
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net

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