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Ben Jones Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Rocky Creek on Otter Crest Loop
- Location
- Lincoln County, Oregon
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1927; Rehabilitated 2001
- Builders
- - Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, North Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
- F.E. Ward Inc of Vancouver, Washington (Rehab. Contractor)
- H.E. Doering (Contractor)
- Design
- The Ben Jones Bridge, constructed on the Oregon Coast Highway in 1927, is one of the most beautifully sited bridges in the state. The bridge spans a small gorge in a picturesque section of the Oregon Coast. It is now bypassed and provides only local service along Otter Crest Loop Road. This structure was originally call the Rocky Creek Bridge but was named for the “Father of the Coast Highway”, Ben Jones. This span is 360 feet long with a 160 foot long reinforced concrete rib deck main arch. The structure has ten reinforced deck girder approach spans, five on either side of the main span. The open spandrel arch and approach columns have semi-circular fascia curtain wall which are typical of Conde B. McCullough designed bridges.
(Historical Highway Bridges of Oregon, 1989) - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 360.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 5, 2005
- Also called
- Rocky Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.77806, -124.07083 (decimal degrees)
44°46'41" N, 124°04'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/415276/4958853 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Depoe Bay
- Inventory numbers
- OR 01089 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
NRHP 05000824 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30065 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2014)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 69.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 8,800
Update Log
- March 9, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added NRHP info & imported photos
- April 4, 2013: New Street View added by Mike Goff
- January 18, 2012: New photo from Kelly Smith
- August 6, 2009: New photos from Michael Goff
- April 20, 2009: Posted HAER photos
- October 7, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff: Added Builder
- June 30, 2008: New photo from Michael Goff
Sources
- Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
- HAER OR-111 - Rocky Creek Bridge, Spanning Rocky Creek on Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. Route 101), Depoe Bay vicinity, Lincoln County, OR
- Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon - Dwight A. Smith, James B. Norman & Pieter T. Dykman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989
- Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans - Robert W. Hadlow, Oregon State University Press, 2001
- Kelly Smith
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
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