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Winchester Bridge

Douglas County, Oregon

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Winchester Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on July 21, 2010

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over North Umpqua River on OR 99
Location
Winchester, Douglas County, Oregon
Status
Open to Traffic
History
Built 1923, Rehabilitated 2008
Builders
- Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, South Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
- H.E. Doering (Contractor)
- Hamilton Construction of Springfield, Oregon (Rehab. Contractor)
- Mats O. Halvardson (Rehabilitation Design Engineer)
- Robert E. Grubbs (Rehabilitation Design Engineer - Approach Spans)
Design
The Winchester Bridge is the longest bridge designed by Conde B. McCullough during the 1920's. The bridge has a unique Tudor Gothic architectural style incorporated into the curtain walls and railing.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 112.0 ft.
Total length: 883.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Also called
North Umpqua River Bridge
Robert A. Booth Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.28343, -123.35547   (decimal degrees)
43°17'00" N, 123°21'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/471159/4792351 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Winchester
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
6,474
Inventory numbers
OR 00839 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 29955 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 50.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,314)
Built 1923 (628)
Built during 1920s (10,036)
Concrete balustrade (846)
Conde B. McCullough (116)
Deck arch (11,553)
Douglas County, Oregon (80)
Functionally obsolete (6,176)
H.E. Doering (2)
HAER documented (1,108)
Hamilton Construction (11)
Have street view (27,293)
Mats O. Halvardson (4)
 North Umpqua River (7)
OR 99 (26)
Open (40,091)
Open-spandrel arch (778)
Oregon (1,198)
Owned by state (16,162)
Robert E. Grubbs (3)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,432)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,903)
US 99 (74)
Umpqua River (24)
Winchester, Oregon (4)

Update Log 

  • June 4, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 11, 2018: New Street View added by Leslie R trick
  • August 5, 2010: New photos from Michael Goff
  • April 20, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
  • April 20, 2009: Posted HAER photos
  • November 3, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
  • August 7, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
  • June 20, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
  • June 12, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff

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Winchester Bridge
Posted May 2, 2017, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is a beauty!

Stephen, I think it would be awesome if you could add those photos to this site!

Winchester Bridge
Posted May 1, 2017, by Stephen Wood (snwood1 [at] charter [dot] net)

I live near this great bridge. Lots to say and I do love McCulloughs bridges all over the state. I have a few copies of pictures when he visited the site and of opening day. Dont know if anyone interested in me emailing these photos.

Winchester Bridge
Posted July 2, 2014, by Jim Averill (aver20002001 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

A great little bridge that's so cool to walk and gaze over at the dam and fish ladder with its low railing. A challenge to bike over with the narrow lane, but there's small enclaves along the side to let others pass.

Winchester Bridge
Posted November 17, 2009, by Mike (mikeinpdx13 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I am so glad to see that they rehabilitated this bridge. It truly is beautiful and a treasure, albeit a bit scary to drive with the narrow lanes and the curve at the north end of the bridge.