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Hayden Bridge

Lane County, Oregon
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Hayden Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on July 19, 2009

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Overview
Abandoned Whipple truss bridge over McKenzie River on Abandoned Weyerhauser Logging Railway in Springfield
Location
Springfield, Lane County, Oregon
Status
Abandoned
History
Built 1882 in Corrine, Utah, 1901 Moved to current location, 1987 Abandoned
Builders
- Clarke, Reeves & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Fabricator)
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Fabricator)
Design
The Hayden Bridge is a single span double intersecting Pratt truss resting on granite slabs set in concrete abutments. The truss is wrought iron except for the connections and ornamentations, which are cast iron. The span is 224.0 feet long. The outside width is 19.5 feet with an inside horizontal clearance of 18 feet. The inside vertical clearance is 14.0 feet and the outside height is 35.0 feet. The deck is 70.0 feet over the river bed at center.
The Hayden Bridge includes two features that were milestones in the wrought iron period of American bridge building: The Whipple-Murphy truss and the Phoenix column.
(HAER OR-12, Hayden Bridge)
Dimensions
Span length: 224.0 ft.
Total length: 224.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Also called
McKenzie River Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.07194, -122.96417   (decimal degrees)
44°04'19" N, 122°57'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/502869/4879864 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
459.0 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Springfield
Inventory number
BH 43046 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,816)
Abandoned (1,365)
Built 1882 (70)
Built during 1880s (1,043)
Clarke, Reeves & Co. (4)
Have street view (9,880)
Lane County, Oregon (88)
Mckenzie River (Oregon) (8)
Oregon (689)
 Owned privately (541)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (43)
Railroad (4,053)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,482)
Springfield, Oregon (3)
Through truss (9,200)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,788)
Truss (23,558)
Whipple truss (154)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2011: New photos from Michael Goff
  • April 22, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
  • October 11, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon: changed truss type
  • July 21, 2009: Added by Michael Goff

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Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER OR-19 - Hayden Bridge, Spanning McKenzie River at Southern Pacific Railroad (moved from Springfield, Lake County, OR), Springfield, Lane, OR
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Hayden Bridge
Posted January 8, 2013, by Craig Williams (craig [dot] willi1970 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Listed Clarke, Reeves, and Co and Phoenix Bridge Co are the same company. The Clarke Reeves Co turned into the Phoenix Bridge Co in 1884. This bridge was built during the Clarke, Reeves Co era.

Hayden Bridge
Posted March 24, 2011, by Robert Thompson

Actually, when you think about it, rivets are almost ALWAYS loaded in shear. And I assume the Phoenix Columns are used in compression versus in tension, so there should not be much stress on them.

Hayden Bridge
Posted March 24, 2011, by Anonymous

Totally fascinating. They created tubular supports by riveting together semi-circular material. That's pretty unique. It's also asking a lot from the shear-strength of the rivets.

Hayden Bridge
Posted March 23, 2011, by tom hoffman

Neat Whipple Truss whether built for road traffic or railroad!

Hayden Bridge
Posted November 9, 2010, by Anonymous

Wow, it looks a little spindly for a railroad bridge. But here it stands all these years later.