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Orient Bridge
Description
The 180-foot-long, steel Parker truss Orient Bridge is one of only five bridges of this type built before 1910 remaining in Washington State. The arched top chord of the Parker truss design (a variation of the Pratt truss) increased structural rigidity. This innovation enabled construction of longer spans than was possible with other pin-connected bridge designs of the early twentieth century. The Orient Bridge is significant locally for the role it played in the transportation network of Ferry and Stevense counties, Washington, and for its importance in facilitating movement of mineral and timber resources to nearby refining and production centers. The Orient Bridge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
(HAER WA-32)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Parker through truss bridge over Kettle River on Orient Main Street
- Location
- Orient, Ferry County, Washington, and Stevens County, Washington
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1909; replaced ca. 1993
- Builder
- - Charles G. Sheely of Denver, Colorado
- Design
- Pin-connected, 10-panel Parker through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +48.86620, -118.19882 (decimal degrees)
48°51'58" N, 118°11'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 11/412081/5413275 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 80996 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER WA-32 - Orient Bridge, Spanning Kettle River at Richardson Road, Orient, Ferry County, WA