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Hawthorne Bridge (Portland, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Robert Wakefield & Company (builder/contractor)
  • United Engineering & Construction Company (builder/contractor)
  • Waddell & Harrington (engineer)
Creator
Date
  • 1910
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2012)
View
  • exterior: On bridge, looking east, toward East Portland
Temporal
  • 1910-1919
MODS Note
  • This image is provided by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the UO Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image. For other uses, such as commercial publication, please contact the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
  • "The oldest remaining trans-Willamette River bridge in Portland, Oregon, the Hawthorne Bridge was built between 1909 and 1910 and opened to traffic on December 19, 1910. Spanning the Willamette River at River Mile 13.1 in downtown Portland, it is situated just upstream from the Morrison Bridge, within the core of the central commercial district of the city. A steel through-truss with a vertical-lift section, the Hawthorne Bridge measures 1,169.89 feet long, not including the approach spans. Its 205'-10 " vertical-lift section was the longest built at that time, and the bridge is the oldest example of vertical-lift bridge technology in the United States. The bridge was designed by the notable engineering firm of Waddell & Harrington. The Hawthorne Bridge, retains substantial integrity with respect to its original design and construction, and under the ownership of Multnomah County has been expertly maintained and modified." Source: National Register Nomination.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • pna_30839
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Institution
Submission Date
  • 04/29/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
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Chicago

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Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 United Engineering & Construction CompanyCompany http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/UnitedEngineeringandConstructionCompany
2 Robert Wakefield & Company http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RobertWakefieldandCompany
3 Waddell and Harrington http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500233558
4 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
5 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
6 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
7 bridges (built works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007836
8 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
9 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
10 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
11 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
12 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
13 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
14 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
15 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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