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Gold Hill Bridge

Jackson County, Oregon

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Gold Hill Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on September 23, 2007

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BH Photo #115134

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Rogue River on OR 99 at Gold Hill
Location
Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1927; rehabilitated 1947
Builders
- Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, South Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
- O.N. Pierce (Contractor)
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 143.1 ft.
Total length: 442.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Rogue River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.43056, -123.04333   (decimal degrees)
42°25'50" N, 123°02'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/496435/4697583 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gold Hill
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
5,400
Inventory numbers
OR 00576 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 29995 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 61.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,155)
Built 1927 (863)
Built during 1920s (9,955)
Concrete balustrade (841)
Conde B. McCullough (115)
Deck arch (11,392)
Functionally obsolete (6,367)
Gold Hill, Oregon (6)
HAER documented (1,107)
Have street view (27,060)
Jackson County, Oregon (40)
 NR-eligible (4,056)
O.N. Pierce (3)
OR 99 (26)
Open (39,974)
Open-spandrel arch (765)
Oregon (1,181)
Owned by state (16,041)
Rogue River (15)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,236)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,256)
US 99 (73)

Update Log 

  • April 14, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
  • April 20, 2009: Posted HAER photos
  • December 15, 2008: New photos from Michael Goff
  • July 8, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
  • June 12, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER OR-37 - Gold Hill Bridge, Spans Rogue River at Oregon Route 234, Gold Hill, Jackson County, OR
  • Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon - Dwight A. Smith, James B. Norman & Pieter T. Dykman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989
  • Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans - Robert W. Hadlow, Oregon State University Press, 2001

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