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Ocean Beaches Highway Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on October 22, 2009

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Overview: Abandoned open-spandrel arch bridge over Dry Gulch on Abandoned WA 4 Alignment
Location: Cowlitz County, Washington
Status: Abandoned
History: Built 1930, Abandoned 1963
Design: The Ocean Beaches Highway Bridge is an abandoned open spandrel deck arch bridge located adjacent to WA 4 approximately 1.5 miles west of the Abernathy Creek Bridge. From the WA 4 the bridge is mostly concealed by small trees that have grown in the bottom of the gulch. Only the west end of the bridge is visible.
The bridge features double spandrel columns along the arches and the standard ornamental railing seen in Washington State during of the era. The bridge was on a former alignment of the Ocean Beaches Highway which runs along the north shore of the Columbia River from Kelso to Naselle, Washington. The bridge appears to have been bypassed around 1963 when a new alignment was established closer to the river level.
Also called: Abandoned SR 4 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +46.18680, -123.18294 (decimal degrees)
46°11'12" N, 123°10'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/485882/5114819 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Oak Point
Inventory number: BH 43559 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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September 9, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
October 27, 2009: Added by Michael Goff

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Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com

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Ocean Beaches Highway Bridge (Abandoned)

Posted August 20, 2012, by Mike Simmons (michael [dot] w [dot] simmons [at] usps [dot] gov)

Traveling west on Washington State Highway 4 in the Google Street View section, there appears to be another bridge or elevated structure that is part of the same old alignment.