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Moffett Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Moffett Creek on Historic Columbia River Highway (Abandoned)
- Location
- Multnomah County, Oregon
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built in 1915 by A. Guthrie and Company, Abandoned in the 1940 and is now part of Historic Columbia River Highway trail.
- Builders
- - A. Guthrie & Co. of St. Paul, Minnesota (Contractor)
- Charles H. Purcell (Bridge Engineer)
- Lewis W. Metzger (Design Engineer)
- Samuel Lancaster
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 170.0 ft.
Total length: 207.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.62374, -121.97776 (decimal degrees)
45°37'25" N, 121°58'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/579689/5052751 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Tanner Butte
- Inventory number
- BH 36814 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 10, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
- April 3, 2013: New Street View added by Mike Goff
- October 18, 2011: New photos from Michael Goff
- April 20, 2009: Posted HAER photos
- July 23, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
- July 8, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
- July 7, 2008: Added by Michael Goff
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-49 - Moffett Creek Bridge, Spanning Moffett Creek at Old Columbia River Highw, Warrendale, Multnomah County, OR
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Moffett Creek Bridge was in service until 1954, not 1940, as the above information states. The 2nd Generation highway was completed in 1954.