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Fesenden Street Bridge

from the Lombard Street Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on September 4, 2009

Overview: Warren deck truss bridge over BNSF Railway on Fessenden Street in Portland
Location: Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1909
Builder: - Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland (Engineer)
Design: Warren deck truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 164.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +45.59167, -122.72889 (decimal degrees)
45°35'30" N, 122°43'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/521146/5048716 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Portland
Inventory number: BH 29875 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2010): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 49.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 4,931

Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon - Dwight A. Smith, James B. Norman & Pieter T. Dykman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989