Center Street Bridge

{{Short description|Bridge across the Willamette River in Salem, Oregon, U.S.}}

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|crosses=Willamette River

|locale=Salem, Oregon

|maint=Marion County

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|design= Plate girder

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|open=July 30, 1918
(replaced 1891 steel bridge)

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The Center Street Bridge is an automobile bridge located in Salem, Oregon, United States. It spans the Willamette River, connecting West Salem and Oregon Route 22 to Salem. It carries vehicle traffic eastbound from Route 22 and directly from Wallace Road. Traffic exits onto Center Street directly, and onto Front Street via an off-ramp, which was built in 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.mwvcog.org/transportation/skats/projects/WRCCSbrochure.pdf |title=Crossing the Willamette |publisher=mwvcog.org |access-date=December 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040530052227/http://www.mwvcog.org/transportation/skats/projects/WRCCSbrochure.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2004 }}

History

Construction of the bridge started in 1917.{{cite web |url= http://www.salemrivercrossing.org/ProjectDocuments/TF_BridgeBrochure_MWVCOG_08.15.07.pdf |title= History of Bridges |publisher= Salem River Crossing |access-date= December 27, 2008 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110727232650/http://www.salemrivercrossing.org/ProjectDocuments/TF_BridgeBrochure_MWVCOG_08.15.07.pdf |archive-date= July 27, 2011 }} The bridge was officially opened on July 30, 1918, to two-way vehicle traffic. It was later switched to eastbound-only when the westbound-only Marion Street Bridge opened in 1954. Center Street Bridge replaced the steel bridge that had been built in 1891,{{cite web |url= http://www.salemhistory.net/transportation/bridges.htm |title= Salem History: Bridges |last= Lutz |first= Dick |publisher= salemhistory.net |access-date= December 27, 2008}} and was reconstructed in 1983 after the completion of a widening project from two to four lanes on the Marion Street Bridge.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}

References

External links

[http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Center%20Street%20Bridge&CISOFIELD2=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all&t=a&CISOSTART=1,1 Historic images of Center Street Bridge] from Salem Public Library

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Category:1918 establishments in Oregon

Category:Bridges completed in 1918