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 32 b&w photos |  8 data pages |  4 photo caption pages |  1 color transparencies |
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TITLE:
Coos Bay Bridge, Spanning Coos Bay on Oregon Coast Highway, North Bend, Coos County, OR
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ORE,6-NOBE,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 32 (4 x 5, 4 x 5 in., and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 7 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 4
Color Transparencies: 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Bennett, transmitter
Young, Kelly E., transmitter
Norman, James, photographer
Schwab, Leslie, photographer
NOTE:
Survey number HAER OR-46
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-29).
Significance: The Coos Bay Bridge is historically significant as one of the five Depression-era PWA bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway. The completion of these bridges marks the dividing line between the period of relative isolation and dependence on sea transportation of Oregon's southern coastal region to its modern era of land transportation and connection with the hinterland. The Coos Bay Bridge is also representative of the innovative designs by State Bridge Engineer Conde B. McCullough, a pioneer in American concrete bridge design. The McCullough Memorial Bridge includes early examples of concrete arches constructed using Considere-type hinges. The cantilever truss design also represents McCullough's attention to aesthetics, in that the upper and lower chords were curved to complete the arch motif of the bridge. The sway bracings of the truss are also curved to give motorists the impression of driving under a series of arches as they travel over the bridge.
SUBJECTS:
OREGON--Coos County--North Bend
steel truss bridges
vehicular bridges
OTHER TITLE:
Conde B. McCullough 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.or0312
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Perspective view from north
2. Oblique view from northwest
3. Long view from northwest
4. Elevation from west
5. View of cantilever spans from south portal
6. Interior view of south portal, looking south
7. Steelwork, looking north from south tower
8. View south from similar position as in OR-46-7
9. View of main cantilever span from south
10. Perspective view from southwest
11. Perspective view from southwest
12. Cantilever span from southeast
13. South approach span, looking southeast
14. View of south approach span from south abutment, looking north
15. Detail, Art Deco motifs on stairway at south abutment
16. Photo copy of photograph (location of original print unknown) c.1936, photographer unknown Historic view of north approach to bridge
17. Photo copy of photograph (location of original print unknown) c.1936, photographer unknown Historic view of bridge
OBLIQUE VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
CONTROL #:
OR0312
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