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Broadway Bridge Photo taken by Michael Goff on July 7, 2008 |
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Broadway Bridge Photo taken by Michael Goff on July 7, 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Willamette River on Broadway Street in Portland
- Location
- Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1912; rehabilitated 1927
- Builders
- - Pennsylvania Steel Co. (Steel Erector)
- Ralph Modjeski (Engineer)
- Strobel Engineering of Chicago (Bascule Designer)
- Union Bridge & Construction Co. (Contractor)
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 304.1 ft.
Total length: 1,742.2 ft.
Deck width: 45.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.53167, -122.67417 (decimal degrees)
45°31'54" N, 122°40'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/525442/5042066 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Portland
- Inventory number
- BH 29856 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 06/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 61.1 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 28,233
Sources
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Michael Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] odot [dot] state [dot] or [dot] us
- Broadway Bridge HAER Webpage