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Nehalem River Bridge

Tillamook County, Oregon

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Nehalem River Bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2016

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BH Photo #351358

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Facts 

Overview
Lost swing bridge over Nehalem River
Location
Tillamook County, Oregon
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1922, Replaced with post-tensioned box girder in 1984.
Builder
- Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, South Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
Design
Parker through truss swing span with timber trestle approaches.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 234.0 ft.
Total length: 683.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.2 ft.
Also called
North Fork Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.70898, -123.88904   (decimal degrees)
45°42'32" N, 123°53'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/430799/5062098 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Nehalem
Inventory numbers
OR 00574 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 69967 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,879)
Built 1922 (743)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Conde B. McCullough (124)
Lost (28,421)
Lost 1984 (129)
Lost during 1980s (1,532)
Movable (3,114)
Nehalem River (11)
Oregon (1,260)
Owned by state (16,553)
 Parker through truss (1,406)
Parker truss (1,801)
Replaced by new bridge (19,327)
Riveted (2,508)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,058)
Swing (1,561)
Through truss (16,743)
Tillamook County, Oregon (51)
Timber stringer (4,318)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,059)
Truss (35,414)

Update Log 

  • January 11, 2018: New photo from Leslie R trick
  • April 7, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • April 7, 2016: Updated by Mike Goff: Added information from plan sheets
  • November 12, 2015: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • City of Nehalem, Oregon - Historic Photo Album (photo of bridge included).
  • Douglas Butler
  • Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com

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