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Willamette River Bridge (Second)

Photos 

Steel bridge over the Willamette River in Salem, Oregon, 1891-1918

Salem Public Library

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

View this photo at photos.salemhistory.net

BH Photo #279323

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Willamette River on Center Street
Location
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, and Polk County, Oregon
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1891; Replaced 1918
Design
Through truss
Also called
Center Street Bridge
Marion and Polk County Bridge
Steel Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.94505, -123.04368   (decimal degrees)
44°56'42" N, 123°02'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/496554/4976847 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 60207 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,802)
Built 1891 (262)
Built during 1890s (3,423)
Lost (32,321)
Lost 1918 (50)
Lost during 1910s (849)
Marion County, Oregon (80)
Oregon (1,340)
Polk County, Oregon (22)
Replaced by new bridge (22,027)
Salem, Oregon (28)
Through truss (19,326)
Truss (38,718)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2023: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 20, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 11, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • March 10, 2014: Added by Dave King

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

Comments 

Willamette River Bridge (Second)
Posted September 29, 2014, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Here is a higher quality version of the photo. Full size in the zip file.

Attachment #2 (application/zip; 1,523,684 bytes)