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Broadway Bridge

Multnomah County, Oregon
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Broadway Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on December 10, 2009

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Overview
Rall-Bascule lift bridge over Willamette River on Broadway Street in Portland
Location
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1912; rehabilitated 1927
Builders
- Hamilton Construction of Springfield, Oregon (2011 - Street Car Construction Contractor)
- Mowat Construction Co. (2004 - Deck Rehabilitation Contractor)
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania (Steel Erector)
- Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland (Engineer)
- Strobel Engineering of Chicago, Illinois (Bascule Designer)
- Union Bridge & Construction Co. (Contractor)
Design
Double leaf Rall Bascule Lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 304.1 ft.
Total length: 1,742.2 ft.
Deck width: 45.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 2012
Also called
Broadway Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.53167, -122.67417   (decimal degrees)
45°31'54" N, 122°40'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/525442/5042066 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Portland
Inventory numbers
OR 06757 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
NRHP 12000930 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 29856 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2011)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 58.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
29,371

Categories 

Bascule (559)
Built 1912 (524)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Hamilton Construction (10)
Have street view (9,891)
Lally columns (90)
Movable (1,355)
Mowat Construction Co. (14)
Multnomah County, Oregon (66)
NR-listed (2,354)
Open (28,315)
 Oregon (689)
Owned by county (16,489)
Pennsylvania Steel Co. (33)
Portland, Oregon (34)
Rall Bascule Lift (2)
Ralph Modjeski (27)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Strobel Engineering (1)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,215)
Union Bridge & Construction Co. (10)
Willamette River (46)

Update Log 

  • September 7, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
  • December 10, 2009: New photos from Michael Goff
  • April 20, 2009: Posted HAER photos
  • February 16, 2009: New photos from Mark Frazier
  • July 8, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
  • July 7, 2008: New photos from Michael Goff

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Sources 

  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • 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
  • Mark Frazier - mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com
  • HAER OR-22 - Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway 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

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