Stark Street Bridge
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|bridge_name=Stark Street Bridge
|image=Stark Street Bridge.jpg
|carries=
|crosses=Sandy River
|locale=Troutdale, Oregon
|maint=Multnomah County
|id=
|design=Pratt truss
|mainspan={{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|length={{convert|277|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|width={{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|clearance={{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|below={{convert|35|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}
|open=January 10, 1915
|coordinates = {{coord|45.51533|-122.36137|display=inline,title}}
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The Stark Street Bridge is a {{convert|277|ft|m|adj=on}} steel truss bridge spanning the Sandy River two miles east of Troutdale, Oregon. The bridge connects Southeast Stark Street with the Historic Columbia River Highway and is one of only two western entrances to the highway.{{cite web|url= http://byways.org/explore/byways/2141/places/53117|title=Stark Street Bridge (OR)|publisher=Federal Highway Administration|access-date=June 13, 2013}} Karl Billner, who was awarded the Frank P. Brown Medal by the Franklin Institute in 1947, designed the bridge, supervised by State Bridge Engineer Charles H. Purcell. Samuel C. Lancaster provided overall supervision during construction.
Description
In his 1914 report, Oregon State Highway Engineer Henry Bowlby described the new bridge as follows:
Located two miles from Troutdale, Oregon, over Sandy River, near the Portland Automobile Club House. This bridge replaces an old wooden structure which fell on Good Roads' Day, April 25, 1914, dropping a 5-ton auto truck into the river. Consists of one 200-foot riveted, through, Pratt, camel back steel span, and one 77-foot Warren pony, riveted steel span, with reinforced concrete slab floor, and creosoted wood block pavement. Clearance above low water, 35 feet. Bitumen-filled expansion joints are provided in concrete slab over each floor beam. Clear roadway, 20 feet. Live load, four 20-ton trucks in line, with two 20-ton trucks passing. River pier, 36 feet high above base, of the diamond shaft, solid web type, of reinforced concrete...
Price of bridge, completed, $21,042.40. George H. Griffin, contractor. Will be completed, January 10, 1915.{{Cite report |last1=Bowlby |first1=Henry |date=December 1, 1914 |title=First Annual Report of the Highway Engineer for the Period Ending November 30, 1914 |url={{Google books |HDslAQAAIAAJ |pg=PA172 |plainurl=yes}} |publisher=Oregon State Printing Department |pages=172–175 |access-date=June 13, 2013}}
See also
{{Portal|Transport|Engineering|Oregon}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Dwight|last2=Norman|first2=James |author-link2=James B. Norman |last3=Dykman|first3=Pieter|date=2000|title=Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon|edition=2nd revised|publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0875952055}}
External links
- {{HAER |survey=OR-36-B |id=or0363 |title=Historic Columbia River Highway, Stark Street Bridge, Spanning Sandy River, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR |photos=5 |data=15 |cap=1}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150704053257/http://columbiariverhighway.com/stark-street-bridge/ Stark Street Bridge on the Historic Columbia River Highway]}}
- [http://bridgehunter.com/or/multnomah/1111200001132/ Bridgehunter.com] – Stark Street Bridge
- [http://www.odot.state.or.us/forms/motcarr/od/4026.pdf Multnomah County Weight Restricted Bridges] – Stark Street Bridge
Category:1915 establishments in Oregon
Category:Bridges completed in 1915
Category:Bridges in Multnomah County, Oregon
Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon
Category:Pratt truss bridges in the United States
Category:Road bridges in Oregon
Category:Steel bridges in the United States
Category:Warren truss bridges in the United States
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