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Deschutes River Bridge

Wasco County, Oregon, and Sherman County, Oregon

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Deschutes River Bridge

from the southeast

Photo taken by Michael Goff on March 26, 2009

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BH Photo #136802

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Overview
Girder bridge over Deschutes River on OR-206
Location
Wasco County, Oregon, and Sherman County, Oregon
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1955
Builder
- Glenn S. Paxson of Salem, Oregon (State Bridge Engineer)
Design
The Deschutes River Bridge is one of the last cast-in-place girder bridges built in Oregon before the pre-stressed/pre-cast girder age. The concrete girders have the appearance of pre-stressed girders, but were in fact cast in place. The bridge features the standard ornamental railing from the era.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 655.9 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.63389, -120.91306   (decimal degrees)
45°38'02" N, 120°54'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/662658/5055489 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wishram
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
530
Inventory numbers
OR 00332 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 42225 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 60.5 (out of 100)
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Built 1955 (456)
Built during 1950s (3,861)
Deschutes River (Oregon) (5)
Girder (10,307)
Glenn S. Paxson (59)
Have street view (27,081)
Open (39,995)
 Oregon (1,181)
Owned by state (16,070)
Sherman County, Oregon (19)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,454)
Structurally deficient (14,093)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,880)
Wasco County, Oregon (35)

Update Log 

  • April 3, 2013: New Street View added by Mike Goff
  • April 9, 2009: New photos from Michael Goff
  • April 6, 2009: Added by Michael Goff

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Deschutes River Bridge
Posted August 26, 2020, by K. J. Poole (kjpportland [at] gmail [dot] com)

This type of railing is known as 'Picket Fence' Railing. This type was Oregon's primary highway bridge railing from 1942-1956, when the '3-stripe' concrete railings appeared.