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I-5 - Toutle River Bridge (Northbound)

Cowlitz County, Washington

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Northbound - Toutle River Bridge

from southeast

Photo taken by Michael Goff on January 24, 2009

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BH Photo #132600

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Overview
Tied steel through arch bridge over Toutle River on Northbound I-5
Location
Cowlitz County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1969
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 304.1 ft.
Total length: 309.1 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 22.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.31082, -122.91368   (decimal degrees)
46°18'39" N, 122°54'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/506646/5128586 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Castle Rock
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
22,511
Inventory number
BH 34201 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 65.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,101)
Built 1969 (113)
Built during 1960s (2,032)
Cowlitz County, Washington (38)
Have street view (26,947)
Interstate 5 (40)
Open (39,882)
 Owned by state (15,986)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Steel through arch (216)
Tied arch (51)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,229)
Toutle River (5)
Washington (1,314)

Update Log 

  • November 1, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • May 30, 2013: New photos from M. D. Caillet
  • September 9, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
  • January 26, 2009: Updated by Michael Goff

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Toutle River Bridge
Posted September 8, 2009, by Steven Rosenow (srosenow_98 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I've located a photo taken from the exact same angle, photographed on July 5, 1980. Photo illustrates mud and log debris and the elevation of mudflows on the steelwork of the bridge.

http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/show_picture.cgi?ID=.... Mount St. Helens Schuster, R.L. 36ct

(You'll need to copy and paste the entire URL into a new browser window)

Toutle River Bridge
Posted September 1, 2009, by Steven Rosenow (srosenow_98 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Mud from the May 18, 1980 eruption came close to overflowing the deck of this span. Photos at the USGS website illustrate mud coming up to the bottom of the steel truss on it.

Toutle River Bridge
Posted June 17, 2008, by Randy Brush

Hello to you. Do you know what happen on May 18, 1980? That is lucky bridge over Toutle River. Because of lahar and hot water from Mount St. Helens Volcano Eruption. Lahar or hot water of lava were damage two camelback truss on highway state route 504 and railroad bridge near freeway I-5 and other bridges near Mount St. Helens. They check bridge is safety. THANK YOU