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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: Arched 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)
USGS topographic map: Chelan Falls
Inventory number: BH 34204 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2011): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 44.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 4,987

Old Wenatchee Bridge (Downstream) - Modern US 2/97 Obidasian Bridge between structures
Bridgeport Bridge (Upstream) - Modern Brewster Bridge between structures
Beebe Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)

Nathan Holth
Wikipedia - Beebe Bridge
Flickr - WSDOT Flickr photos for the repairs after a truck damaged a truss member
Wikipedia - Correct link to the Beebe Bridge page

Beebe Bridge

Posted December 12, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Those suspension supportsare from the original 1919 Beebe Bridge

Columbia River Bridge

Posted April 25, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This is a large steel through arch bridge. Looks like there are old suspension bridge towers next to it?