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New Youngs Bay Bridge

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31: 210: 222: 363: 190:. Including the approaches, it is 4,200 feet (1,300 m) long and was completed in 1964. The road bridge had been proposed since 1948 and was approved by the state government in the late 1950s. The routing across Youngs Bay for US 101 was chosen in 1955 over a more inland alignment that would have avoided the bay entirely. Construction began in March 1963 and was dedicated on August 29, 1964. 234: 82: 197:
which also crossed the bay. It was built in 1896 for the Astoria and Columbia River Railway Company. The New Youngs Bay Bridge passed over the top of the railway bridge near the north river bank. The railroad bridge was used for the last time in 1982 and was dismantled in 1986.
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The bridge was built to the west of, closely in parallel to, a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) railroad
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Coordinates
46°10′36″N 123°52′06″W / 46.17655°N 123.86831°W / 46.17655; -123.86831
US 101
Youngs Bay
Astoria
Warrenton
Oregon
Vertical-lift bridge
vertical-lift bridge
Youngs Bay
U.S. Route 101
Astoria
Warrenton
trestle
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Transport portal
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Engineering portal
Oregon portal
List of bridges on U.S. Route 101 in Oregon
Old Youngs Bay Bridge
"Youngs Bay Bridge (New)"
The Oregonian
Video of bridge's lift span being raised
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expanding it
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