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

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

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Summary

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.
Survey number: HAER OR-36-A
Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after. 1950- before. 1959 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83004168

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Waddell & Harrington
Oregon Bridge & Construction Company
Oregon Department of Transportation
McCullough, Conde B
Collier, E A
Pfueller, Lisa M, transmitter
Hadlow, Robert W, historian
Grogan, Brian, photographer
place

Location

multnomah county45.53929, -122.38731
Google Map of 45.5392862, -122.3873133
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Source

Library of Congress
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