Photos
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Alsea Bay Bridge 1984 Photo from the Oregon Department of Transportation website |
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Alsea Bay Bridge ca. 1935 Oregon State Archives, Oregon Department of Transportation, OHD0128 Photo from the Oregon State Archives |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Perspective View From South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Perspective View From City Park Showing Profile Of Old And New Construction Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Telephoto View Of Three Main Concrete Arch Spans From Low Tide Mud Flats Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Looking South Showing Both Bridges From North Shore Of Bay Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of North Abutment Showing Future Approach Roadway In Foreground, Pacific Ocean In Distance Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View From Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View From Beach, Looking Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Telephoto Perspective View Of Center Span From North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Perspective View From North In Late Evening Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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South Portal Of Three Arch Spans, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Interior Of North Portal Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Construction Work Apace At North Pier Of Future Bridge Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Formwork For Main Channel Piers Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Art Deco Endpost, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Dismantling West Railing On North Approach To Tied Arches, Looking Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Dismantling East Railing, Close-Up View, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Demolished South Approach With Tied Arches In Distance, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Close-Up View Of Three Tied Arches, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Three Tied Arches With North Approach In Distance, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Dismantling Railings Between Old And New Spans, Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Preparing A Tied Arch For Demolition, Looking Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Three Tied Arches Of Bridge Prior To Demolition, Looking Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Explosion Of Charges On Two Of The Three Tied Arches, Looking Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Aftermath Of Explosion On Two Southern Tied Arches, Looking Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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North Tied Arch After Demolition Of Other Tied Arches, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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South End Of North Tied Arch, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Hauling Debris, Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Dismantling Railing, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Landfill For Debris Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Covering Landfill Of Debris Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Prior To Demolition Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Prior To Demolition Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Prior To Demolition Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Prior To Demolition Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Prior To Demolition Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Approach Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Piers Beneath Approach Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Piers Beneath Approach Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Historic View Of Bridge, Ca.1936 Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Alsea Bay Bridge Highway Division Records, Hutchinson and Spooner Drawings, #28 Drawing Courtesy of the Oregon State Archives |
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Facts
- Overview
- Lost concrete through arch bridge over Alsea Bay on U.S. 101 in Waldport
- Location
- Waldport, Lincoln County, Oregon
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Lost tied arch bridge built in 1936 , Replaced due to corrosion in the reinforcement in 1991
- Builders
- - Conde B. McCullough (Bridge Engineer)
- Lindstrom & Feigenson (Contractor)
- Parker & Banfield (Contractor)
- T.H. Banfield (Contractor)
- Design
- Concrete through arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 3,028.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.43210, -124.07137 (decimal degrees)
44°25'56" N, 124°04'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/414729/4920425 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Waldport
- Inventory number
- BH 36863 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 1, 2010: New photo from Michael Goff
- April 19, 2009: Posted HAER photos
- July 29, 2008: New photo from Michael Goff
- July 14, 2008: Added by Michael Goff
Sources
- Michael Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] odot [dot] state [dot] or [dot] us
- Alsea Bay Bridge HAER Webpage
- HAER OR-14 - Alsea Bay Bridge, Spanning Alsea Bay at Oregon Coast Highway, Waldport, Lincoln County, OR