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Siuslaw River Bridge (Florence, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Conde Balcom McCullough (engineer, 1887-1946)
  • Mercer-Fraser Company (builder/contractor)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1936
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2005)
View
  • view of concrete ornament
View Date
  • 1985
Temporal
  • 1930-1939
MODS Note
  • The Siuslaw River Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Siuslaw River on U.S. Route 101 in Florence, Oregon. It was designed by Conde McCullough, built by the Mercer-Fraser Company of Eureka, California, and funded by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (later renamed the Public Works Administration). It opened in 1936. The bridge's total length is 1,568 feet (478 m). When open, the 140-foot (43 m) double-leaf bascule provides 110 feet (34 m) of horizontal clearance for boat traffic. The bascule section is flanked by two 154-foot (47 m) reinforced concrete tied arches, identical to those used in the original Alsea Bay Bridge. Four Art Deco-style obelisks house mechanical equipment as well as living quarters for the bridge operator. The total cost of the bridge was $527,000.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_15823.jpg
Item Locator
  • Shellenbarger Collection, Q:18 00-03596
Source
  • Gift of Michael Shellenbarger
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
Institution
Conversion
  • This image is derived from a master TIFF (3000 x 5000 pixel, 16 bit) created by scanning a 35m slide which remains as the archival artifact. Digital editing may have included cropping, color correction, and removal of dust, scratch, or other artifacts reproduced in the scanning process.
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
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Chicago

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Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 McCullough, Conde Balcom http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500231060
2 Mercer-Fraser Company http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/MercerFraserCompany
3 Shellenbarger, Michael http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88672943
4 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
5 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
6 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
7 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
8 bascule bridges http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007859
9 bridges (built works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007836
10 Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5735869/
11 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
12 Florence >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5727032/
13 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
14 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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