Rating:
29889
{99}%
2 votes
Balch Gulch Bridge
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Thurman Street Bridge
Photo taken by Michael Goff on September 29, 2008
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BH Photo #125326
Description
Contract price was $35,000
Facts
- Overview
- Pin-connected Pratt deck truss bridge over Balch Gulch on NW Thurman Street in Portland
- Location
- Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1905
- Builder
- - J.C.B. Lockwood of Portland, Oregon (Consulting Engineer)
- Design
- Pin-connected Pratt deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 400.0 ft.
Deck width: 26.9 ft.
- Also called
- Thurman Street Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.53554, -122.71263 (decimal degrees)
45°32'08" N, 122°42'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/522437/5042485 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Portland
- Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 4,028
- Inventory number
- BH 29889 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of September 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 55.3 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- November 12, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added stuff
- September 8, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
- November 25, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff: Added Builder and Design Information
- September 30, 2008: New photos from Michael Goff
Sources
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- 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
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com