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Beebe Bridge

Douglas County, Washington, and Chelan County, Washington

Photos 

Beebe Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in August 2014

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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BH Photo #308371

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Street View 

Description 

The state began construction of the present steel arch bridge in 1959 and completed the piers before the reservoir behind Rocky Reach dam inundated the site. Then legal maneuvering by the orchard company brought the project to a halt for over a year. The Beebe Company finally agreed to accept $4,000 for its property and interests. The new bridge, costing $1,120,000, was opened in June 1963. The old suspension bridge was dismantled. The towers were left in place and can still be seen just downstream of the new span.

Facts 

Overview
Steel through arch bridge over Columbia River on US 97
Location
Douglas County, Washington, and Chelan County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1962
Design
Suspended Deck Cantilever Truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 520.0 ft.
Total length: 1,227.1 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.5 ft.
Also called
Columbia River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.81464, -119.97280   (decimal degrees)
47°48'53" N, 119°58'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/277459/5299978 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chelan Falls
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
4,916
Inventory number
BH 34204 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 43.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,727)
Built 1962 (227)
Built during 1960s (2,170)
Cantilevered (309)
Chelan County, Washington (45)
Columbia River (43)
Douglas County, Washington (8)
Have street view (29,851)
Navigable waterway (2,224)
 Open (41,199)
Owned by state (16,634)
Span length 500-1000 feet (408)
Steel through arch (222)
Suspended Deck Through Truss (18)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,021)
US 97 (13)
Washington (1,389)

Update Log 

  • September 25, 2018: New photos from Mike Goff
  • April 19, 2018: Updated by Richard Doody: Added historical info to description
  • November 16, 2014: New photos from C Hanchey
  • December 14, 2010: New photos from Nathan Holth
  • April 25, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • Flickr - WSDOT Flickr photos for the repairs after a truck damaged a truss member
  • Wikipedia - Correct link to the Beebe Bridge page
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Richard Doody
  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com

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