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Old Madame Dorian Bridge
Description
"Madame" Dorian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Aioe_DorionFacts
- Overview
- Abandoned concrete rigid frame bridge over Walla Walla River on US 12
- Location
- Walla Walla County, Washington
- Status
- Abandoned and partially removed
- History
- Built 1931, partially removed and abandoned in 1949
- Design
- Concrete rigid frame
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +46.05921, -118.90842 (decimal degrees)
46°03'33" N, 118°54'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 11/352385/5102396 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Wallula
- Land survey
- T. 14 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 6
- Inventory number
- BH 55606 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 15, 2018: New photos from Leslie R trick
- May 10, 2018: New Street View added by Leslie R Trick
- August 29, 2017: New photo from Kyle Jarvis
- July 9, 2016: New photos from Mike Goff
- February 20, 2013: Added by Luke Harden
Sources
- Luke
- Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Kyle Jarvis
- Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com
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Maybe they wanted a bridge with higher elevation in case the lake filled up during high water events. Its also worth noting that the new bridge was a realignment for the highway too so it may have afforded a better curve for the highway. It was not unheard of for bridges in this period of rapid development of highways to have a short service life as highways were realigned to allow for safer and higher speeds.