Hawthorne Bridge

Photos 

Hawthorne Bridge

From the southeast

Photo taken by Mike Goff in January 2014

Enlarge

BH Photo #273635

Map 

Street Views 

• West Approach
• East Approach
• On the Lift Span

Facts 

Overview

Vertical lift bridge over Willamette River on Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland

Location

Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1910; Rehabilitated 1944, Rehabilitated & Painted in 1999

Builders

- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania (Steel Fabricator)
- Robert Wakefield of Portland, Oregon (Contractor)
- United Engineering & Construction (Contractor)
- Waddell & Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri (Engineering Firm)
- Wakefield & Jacobson (Contractor)

Railroads

- Portland Electric Power Co. (PEPCO)
- Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. (PRL&P)
- Streetcar

Design

The Hawthrone Bridge is the oldest operational vertical lift bridge in the United States and the oldest large span highway bridge in Oregon. It is also the busiest bicycle and transit bridge in Oregon, with over 4,800 cyclists and 750 Tri-Met buses daily.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 251.0 ft.
Total length: 1,382.9 ft.
Deck width: 43.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.7 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 2012

Also called

Hawthorne Street Bridge
Hawthorne Blvd. Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+45.51306, -122.67083   (decimal degrees)
45°30'47" N, 122°40'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

10/525710/5039999 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Portland

Average daily traffic (as of 2010)

25,610

Inventory numbers

OR 02757 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
NRHP 12000932 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 29877 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of June 2015)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 56.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 5, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
• March 15, 2018: New photos from John Bernhisel
• January 12, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added streetcar info
• December 15, 2017: New photo from Mike Garland
• November 22, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
• June 8, 2017: New photos from Mike Garland
• March 24, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
• September 19, 2016: New photos from Dave King
• July 27, 2016: New photos from Mike Garland
• July 21, 2016: New photos from Mike Garland
• October 29, 2014: New photo from Royce and Bobette Haley
• October 14, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• July 10, 2014: New photo from Andrew Raker
• January 30, 2014: New photos from Mike Goff
• September 8, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
• April 20, 2009: Posted HAER photos
• September 29, 2008: New photos from Michael Goff
• September 4, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
• July 8, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
• July 7, 2008: New photo from Michael Goff

Related Bridges 

• Morrison Bridge (Downstream)
• I-5 - Marquam Bridge (Upstream)
• Madison Street Bridge (2nd) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
• Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
• HAER OR-20 - Hawthorne Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Hawthorne Boulevard &, Portland, Multnomah County, OR
• Wikipedia - Hawthorne Bridge
• Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon - Dwight A. Smith, James B. Norman & Pieter T. Dykman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989
• Bridges of Portland - Ray Bottenberg, Arcadia Publishing, 2007
• The Portland Bridge Book - Sharon Wood Wortman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 2001
• Douglas Butler
• Andrew Raker
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Dana and Kay Klein
• Luke
• John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com
• Richard Doody

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