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Alsea Bay Bridge
Lincoln County
,
Oregon
Photos
Alsea Bay Bridge
1984
Photo from the Oregon Department of Transportation website
BH Photo #117426
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Facts
Overview
Lost concrete tied arch bridge over Alsea Bay on U.S. 101 in Waldport
Location
Waldport
,
Lincoln County
,
Oregon
Status
Replaced by new Alsea Bay Bridge in 1991
History
Built 1936 , Replaced due to corrosion in the reinforcement in 1991
Builders
-
Conde B. McCullough
of Redfield, South Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
-
Lindstrom & Feigenson
of Portland, Oregon (Contractor)
-
Marshall Dresser
(Construction Supervisor)
-
Parker & Banfield
of Portland, Oregon (Contractor)
-
T.H. Banfield
(Contractor)
Design
Concrete through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 3,028.0 ft.
(0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.43210
,
-124.07137
(decimal degrees)
44°25'56" N, 124°04'17" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/414729/4920425
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waldport
Inventory number
BH 36863
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
Arch
(12,863)
Built 1936
(1,221)
Built during 1930s
(12,323)
Concrete Tied Arch
(10)
Concrete balustrade
(899)
Conde B. McCullough
(131)
HAER documented
(1,137)
Lincoln County, Oregon
(50)
Lindstrom & Feigenson
(13)
Lost
(31,786)
Lost 1991
(333)
Lost during 1990s
(4,214)
Marshall Dresser
(2)
Oregon
(1,332)
Owned by state
(16,770)
Parker & Banfield
(5)
Rainbow arch
(262)
Replaced by new bridge
(21,678)
Span length 175-250 feet
(2,122)
T.H. Banfield
(1)
Tied arch
(54)
Total length over 2500 feet
(974)
Waldport, Oregon
(4)
Update Log
February 5, 2020: New photos from Mike Garland
October 22, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
October 18, 2011: New photos from Michael Goff
July 1, 2010: New photo from Michael Goff
April 19, 2009: Posted HAER photos
July 29, 2008: New photo from Michael Goff
July 14, 2008: Added by Michael Goff
Related Bridges
Alsea Bay Bridge
(Successor)
Sources
Mike Goff -
michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon
- Dwight A. Smith, James B. Norman & Pieter T. Dykman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989
HAER OR-14
- Alsea Bay Bridge, Spanning Alsea Bay at Oregon Coast Highway, Waldport, Lincoln County, OR
Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans
- Robert W. Hadlow, Oregon State University Press, 2001
Bridges of the Oregon Coast
- Ray Bottenberg, Arcadia Publishing, 2006
Geoff Hubbs
Mike Garland -
Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
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