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8 data pages
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TITLE:
Columbia River Bridge at Bridgeport, State Route 17 spanning Columbia River, Bridgeport vicinity, Douglas County, WA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER WASH,9-BRIPO.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

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

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Stumpf, Karl W., transmitter

NOTE:
Survey number HAER WA-90

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N144).

Building/structure dates: 1952 initial construction

Part of building/structure is in Monse vicinity, Okanogan County, WA.

Significance: This bridge is the only large-scale steel truss built in Washington immediately after World War II. Like the Columbia River Bridge at Grand Coulee Dam (HAER No. WA-102), it was a federal structure constructed as part of a hydroelectric dam project.

SUBJECTS:
WASHINGTON--Douglas County--Bridgeport vicinity
pedestrian 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.wa0431

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. COLUMBIA RIVER BRIDGE WITH TOWN OF BRIDGEPORT LOOKING WEST BY 270 DEGREES
2. PERSPECTIVE LOOKING NORTH BY 300 DEGREES CHIEF JOSEPH DAM INTERPRETIVE CENTER IN FOREGROUND
3. GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTH
4. CLOSE RANGE PERSPECTIVE OF MAIN CANTILEVER SPAN
5. UPSTREAM VIEW LOOKING WEST TOWARD BRIDGEPORT
6. DOWNSTREAM VIEW OF MAIN SPAN WITH CHIEF JOSEPH DAM IN BACKGROUND
7. CHIEF JOSEPH DAM AND POWERHOUSE TO LEFT OF PICTURE COLUMBIA RIVER BRIDGE AT BRIDGEPORT TO RIGHT OF DOWNSTREAM

CONTROL #:
WA0431

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