Bridge at Mouth of Rogue River, Spanning Rogue River on Oregon Coast Highway, Gold Beach, Curry County, OR

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4 drawings
23 b&w photos
12 data pages
4 photo caption pages
3 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Bridge at Mouth of Rogue River, Spanning Rogue River on Oregon Coast Highway, Gold Beach, Curry County, OR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ORE,8-GOBE,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 4 (34 x 44 in.)
Photo(s): 23 (4 x 5, 4 x 5 in., and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 4
Color Transparencies: 3

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER OR-38

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-22).

Building/structure dates: 2003 subsequent work

Significance: The bridge is the first reinforced-concrete arch span built in the U.S. using the Freyssinet method of arch decentering. In this technique, arch ribs are pre-stressed by hydraulic jacks placed at their crowns to compensate the deformation due to shrinkage of concrete, differential temperature changes, movement of supports, and elastic and plastic shortening. The result is that , in theory, supports, and elastic and plastic shortening...

SUBJECTS:
OREGON--Curry County--Gold Beach
concrete arch bridges
vehicular bridges

OTHER TITLE:
Isaac Lee Patterson Memorial Bridge

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0305

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. General view from northeast
2. Perspective view from northwest
3. Detail, pier and colonnade, south end
4. View of southernmost arch from south abutment
5. General view from southwest
6. Below-deck view from southwest
7. Perspective view from southeast
8. General view from south abutment
9. South portal, looking north
10. Obelisk from southeast abutment
11. Obelisk from southeast abutment
12. Railing detail, looking southwest
13. Sunset at bridge
14. Photo copy of photograph (location of original print unknown) c.1932, photographer unknown Historic view of bridge
15. Photo copy of photograph (location of original print unknown) c.1932, photographer unknown Historic view of cartouche detail at center of arch
VIEW OF SOUTHERNMOST ARCH FROM SOUTH ABUTMENT
GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
GENERAL VIEW

CONTROL #:
OR0305

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