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The bridge structure contains 15 spans and 60 girders. The total length is 2,727 feet (831 metres), and the vertical clearance at low river levels is 85 ft (26 m). The longest span is 430 feet (130 m) and is sandwiched by two 300-foot (91 m) spans. The bridge carries six lanes
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Switches To West Linn-96th Route For I-205; City Okays Mt. Hood Road Plan".
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Goranson, Eric (May 29, 1970). "First I-205 Link Opened By McCall".
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586:"Cities Wage War At Span Ceremony".
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188:Moffatt, Nichols & Bonney
16:Bridge in Oregon City, Oregon
958:Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge
263:. It is also known as the
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858:Oregon Slough Railroad
373:Engineering portal
280:Provisional Government
853:Ned Flanders Crossing
153:430 feet (130 m)
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843:Lusted Road
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742:Ross Island
331:Lake Oswego
294:Description
253:Oregon City
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52:122°36′14″W
39:Coordinates
976:Categories
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885:See also:
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792:Interstate
396:References
210:Statistics
129:Box Girder
49:45°21′52″N
757:Abernethy
727:Hawthorne
692:St. Johns
313:Clackamas
301:West Linn
184:Architect
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722:Morrison
717:Burnside
707:Broadway
348:See also
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134:Material
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702:Fremont
324:History
320:basin.
282:of the
179:History
93:Crosses
77:Carries
626:May 6,
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202:Opened
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767:Boone
712:Steel
491:(PDF)
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111:Owner
86:I-205
818:Blue
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