Old Youngs Bay Bridge

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|crosses = Youngs Bay

|locale = Astoria, Oregon{{Structurae |id=20006858 |title=Old Youngs Bay Bridge |access-date=2009-05-19}}

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|designer = Conde McCullough

|design = Bascule bridge

|material = steel

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| last = Baughn

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The Old Youngs Bay Bridge is a bascule bridge across Youngs Bay in Astoria, Oregon, completed in 1921. Conde McCullough was responsible for designing this bridge, his first for Oregon.

The bridge consists of two {{convert|75|ft|m|adj=on}} steel bascule leaves approached over a pile trestle and timber spans. It has a total length of {{convert|1766|ft|m}}.{{Cite book |last=Hadlow |first=Robert W. |title=Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C. B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder |publisher=Oregon State University Press |date=2001 |isbn=0-87071-534-8 |page=140 }} The bridge features early versions of McCullough's signature accent elements, with Art Moderne concrete pylons topped by light fixtures flanking the landings at either end of the bridge.{{Cite web |title=HAER OR-128-1 |url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0507/photos.224780p |publisher=Historic American Engineering Record |access-date=6 September 2012}}