Historic Columbia River Highway, Sandy River Bridge at Troutdale, Historic Columbia River Highway spanning Sandy Riv, Troutdale vicinity, Multnomah County, OR

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7 b&w photos
16 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Historic Columbia River Highway, Sandy River Bridge at Troutdale, Historic Columbia River Highway spanning Sandy Riv, Troutdale vicinity, Multnomah County, OR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1A-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 15 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER OR-36-A

Building/structure dates: 1912 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1938 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1950 subsequent work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83004168

Significance: First modern bridge constructed on what became the Historic Columbia River Highway. Designed by the premier bridge engineering firm of Waddell and Harrington, which also created the 1912 Steel Bridge, a through double-deck vertical lift truss of telescoping design, and the 1910 Hawthorne Bridge, a through vertical lift truss, both over the Willamette River in Portland.

SUBJECTS:
OREGON--Multnomah County--Troutdale vicinity
transportation
steel truss bridges
vehicular bridges

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.or0362

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. SANDY RIVER BRIDGE AT TROUTDALE, SOUTH END, LOOKING 18 DEGREES NORTH. SAME PHOTO AS OR-36-1.
2. SANDY RIVER BRIDGE AT TROUTDALE, SOUTH END, LOOKING 20 DEGREES NORTH.
3. SANDY RIVER BRIDGE AT TROUTDALE, NORTH END, LOOKING 184 DEGREES SOUTH. SAME PHOTO AS OR-36-2.
4. SANDY RIVER BRIDGE AT TROUTDALE, NORTH END, LOOKING 224 DEGREES SOUTHWEST.
5. SANDY RIVER BRIDGE AT TROUTDALE, EAST ELEVATION DETAIL, LOOKING 6 DEGREES NORTH.
6. SANDY RIVER BRIDGE AT TROUTDALE, EAST ELEVATION, LOOKING 306 DEGREES NORTHWEST.
7. SANDY RIVER BRIDGE AT TROUTDALE, PERSPECTIVE LOOKING EAST.

CONTROL #:
OR0362

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