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Deer Creek Bridge

Josephine County, Oregon

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Deer Creek Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff in September 2010

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BH Photo #176712

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Description 

The Deer Creek Bridge along with the Mendenhall Creek Bridge, are the last two remaining original bridges along the Redwood Highway in Oregon. Though both bridges are no longer on the U.S. 199 alignment they still serve local traffic in the Illinois Valley. The bridges feature many of the standard details used during the era of State Bridge Engineer Conde B. McCullough, whom served the State of Oregon in that position from 1919 to 1936.

Though many other bridges built along the Redwood Highway in the 1920’s still exist only the Deer Creek and Mendenhall crossings have remained unaltered since their construction. All of the other bridges along the highway have either been widened with pre-cast slabs or have been replaced and all have lost their aesthetic charm.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete deck girder bridge over Deer Creek on Hogue Drive (Old Highway 199)
Location
Josephine County, Oregon
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1921
Builder
- Lee's Dock Co. (Contractor)
Design
Reinforced concrete deck girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 191.9 ft.
Deck width: 19.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.27139, -123.62278   (decimal degrees)
42°16'17" N, 123°37'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/448642/4680096 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Selma
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
255
Inventory number
BH 46096 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1921 (604)
Built during 1920s (10,325)
Concrete girder (1,082)
Continuous (2,667)
Deck girder (6,398)
Functionally obsolete (5,762)
Girder (11,345)
Have street view (29,873)
 Josephine County, Oregon (22)
Lee's Dock Co. (1)
Open (41,201)
Oregon (1,268)
Owned by county (21,712)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,351)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,592)
US 199 (6)

Update Log 

  • April 3, 2013: New Street View added by Mike Goff
  • September 7, 2010: Added by Michael Goff

Sources 

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

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