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Yaquina Bay Bridge

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obelisk-like concrete finials on the main piers, with smaller decorative elements marking the ends of the flanking spans. The arches are built as box girders. The two-lane road is 27 feet (8.2 m) wide, running inside the arches with two 3.5-foot (1.1 m) sidewalks. The main arch is 246 feet (75 m) above sea level at its crown. Overall length of the bridge is 3,260 feet (990 m), including concrete deck-girder approach spans. The navigable channel measures 400 feet (120 m) wide by 133 feet (41 m) high.
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Work on the Yaquina Bay Bridge began on August 1, 1934. The bridge opened on September 6, 1936, at a cost of $ 1,301,016 ($ 28,570,000 in today's dollars). A total of 220 people worked to pour 30,000 cubic yards (23,000 m) of concrete and fabricate 3,100 tons of steel. The contractors were the Gilpin
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The 600-foot (180 m) main span is a semi-through arch, with the roadway penetrating the middle of the arch. It is flanked by identical 350-foot (110 m) steel deck arches, with five concrete deck arches of diminishing size extending to the south landing. The main arch is marked by tall
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driven to a depth of about 70 feet (21 m) below sea level. The project received funding from the
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Yaquina Bay Bridge, Spans Yaquina Bay at Oregon Coast Highway, Newport, Lincoln County, OR
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Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C. B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder
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designed by him. It superseded the last ferry crossing on the highway.
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Looking south; photographer is next to north staircase
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Coordinates
44°37′21″N 124°03′25″W / 44.62257°N 124.05682°W / 44.62257; -124.05682
US 101
Yaquina Bay
Newport, Oregon
ODOT
Clearance below
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Yaquina Bay Bridge is located in Oregon
Yaquina Bay Bridge is located in the United States
Newport, Oregon
44°37′19.45″N 124°3′22.9″W / 44.6220694°N 124.056361°W / 44.6220694; -124.056361
Conde B. McCullough
MPS
05000821
arch bridge
Yaquina Bay
Newport, Oregon
U.S. Route 101
Conde McCullough
Oregon Coast Highway
Portland, Oregon
Seattle, Washington
timber pilings
Public Works Administration
Art Deco
Art Moderne
Gothic architecture
National Register of Historic Places

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