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Burnside Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on July 8, 2008

Overview: Strauss bascule lift bridge over Willamette River on Burnside Bridge in Portland
Location: Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1926
Builders: - Booth & Pomeroy (Superstructure Contractor)
- Gustav Lindenthal (Lead Engineer)
- Hedrick & Kremers (Designer)
- Joseph Strauss (Bascule Engineer)
- Pacific Bridge Co. of Oakland, California (Substructure Contractor)
Design: Double leaf Strauss style bascule lift
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 266.1 ft.
Total length: 856.0 ft.
Deck width: 67.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.3 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 2012
Approximate latitude, longitude: +45.52278, -122.66750 (decimal degrees)
45°31'22" N, 122°40'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/525966/5041080 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Portland
Inventory numbers: OR 00511 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
NRHP 12000931 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 29858 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2011): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 47.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 56,625

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Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon - Dwight A. Smith, James B. Norman & Pieter T. Dykman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989
HAER OR-101 - Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR
Bridges of Portland - Ray Bottenberg, Arcadia Publishing, 2007
The Portland Bridge Book - Sharon Wood Wortman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 2001
Wikipedia - Burnside Bridge