Photos
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Cape Creek Bridge Cape Creek Bridge Photo taken by Larry Matthews on June 27, 2008 |
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Cape Creek Bridge Cape Creek Bridge, taken from the Heceta Lighthouse. Photo taken by Larry Matthews on June 27, 2008 |
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General View From Highway, Looking Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View From Highway Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Elevation From West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Arch In Elevation, Liiking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Arch And Viaduct, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Roadway From North Portal, Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Cape Creek Bridge Photo taken by Michael Goff on August 2, 2009 |
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Cape Creek Bridge from the mouth of Cape Creek Photo taken by Michael Goff on August 2, 2009 |
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Cape Creek Bridge Photo taken by Michael Goff on August 2, 2009 |
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Approach Span Details Photo taken by Michael Goff on August 2, 2009 |
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Under the Bridge Photo taken by Michael Goff on August 2, 2009 |
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Information Plaque Photo taken by Michael Goff on August 2, 2009 |
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Rail Detail Photo taken by Michael Goff on August 2, 2009 |
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Deck View Photo taken by Michael Goff on August 2, 2009 |
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Cape Creek on US 101
- Location
- Lane County, Oregon
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1932
- Builders
- - Clackamas Construction Co. (Contractor)
- Conde B. McCullough (Bridge Engineer)
- John K. Holt (Contractor)
- Design
- The Cape Creek Bridge is an example of an ancient bridge design combined with early twentieth-century use of reinforced concrete construction techniques. While reminiscent of Roman stone aqueducts because of its two tiers of numerous arches and columns, the 619-foot bridge incorporates in its design a 220-foot open-spandrel rib-type reinforced-concrete deck arch. At the time of the bridge's construction, the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads was completing a 700-foot tunnel through nearby Heceta Head, at the south approach to Cape Creek Bridge. Both undertakings were part of long-range plans to complete a highway along the length of the Pacific Coast. This section of highway presented engineers with major construction problems. It became known to many as the "million-dollar mile" because of its high cost.
Historic American Engineering Record, HAER ORE,20-FLO,1 - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 220.0 ft.
Total length: 619.1 ft.
Deck width: 27.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.13336, -124.12176 (decimal degrees)
44°08'00" N, 124°07'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/410265/4887296 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Heceta Head
- Inventory number
- BH 30017 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 07/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 46.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 2,626
Update Log
- April 21, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
- April 20, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
- August 10, 2009: New photos from Michael Goff
- April 19, 2009: Posted HAER photos
- October 7, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff: Added Builders
- June 29, 2008: New photos from Larry Matthews
Sources
- Larry Matthews
- Cape Creek Bridge HAER Webpage
- Michael Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] odot [dot] state [dot] or [dot] us
- HAER OR-41 - Cape Creek Bridge, Spanning Cape Creek at Oregon Coast Highway, Florence, Lane County, OR
Comments
I was happy to find this page with this bridge. I have always wondered about it and fasinated by it. I painted an oil painting of this bridge in 2005 from some photos I took when I lived in Oregon.
I also have it listed on my web site. If interested email me. As you can tell,I knew nothing about this bridge. Now I do,thanks.
