Ellsworth Street Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 44°38′21″N 123°06′24″W / 44.6393°N 123.106635°W |
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Crosses | Willamette River |
Locale | Albany, Oregon |
Maintained by | Oregon Department of Transportation |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss bridge |
Total length | 1,090 feet (330 m) |
Width | 26 feet (7.9 m) |
Longest span | 800 feet (240 m) |
History | |
Opened | 1926 |
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The Ellsworth Street Bridge is a highway bridge that crosses the Willamette River in Albany, Oregon, United States. Built in 1925, the two-lane structure carries U.S. Route 20 eastbound traffic, with the adjacent Lyon Street Bridge carrying westbound traffic. The 1,090-foot-long (330 m) steel truss bridge was designed by Conde McCullough and opened in 1926.
In 1887, a bridge was built across the Willamette River at Albany for the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad followed by the Steel Bridge built in 1893 just downriver. [1] The state of Oregon began building a new bridge across the river at the city in 1925 to carry vehicular traffic. [2] Designed by state highway department bridge designer Conde McCullough, it was constructed by the Union Bridge Company based in Portland, Oregon. [2] The steel truss structure was completed in 1926. [3]
When the bridge opened, the Albany-Corvallis Highway was completed. [4] At the time the structure was named the Albany Bridge. [4] In 1973, the neighboring Lyon Street Bridge was completed to the east to expand capacity to a total of four lanes between the two bridges. [3] Ellsworth Street Bridge was refurbished in 1971 and 2002. [3] [5] As of 2004, the bridge handled an average of 9,850 cars per day. [5]
Classified as functionally obsolete with a 53.8-percent sufficiency rating, the two-lane bridge carries eastbound traffic of U.S. Route 20 south into downtown Albany at milepost 10.44. [2] [5] The bridge's main span consists of four steel through-trusses in the Parker style, each 200 feet (61 m) in length. [2] Ellsworth Street Bridge is a total of 1,090 feet (330 m) long and 26 feet (7.9 m) wide with a vertical clearance of 25 feet (7.6 m). [2] [5] The seven concrete approaches are of a girder design. [5] The green colored bridge also has ornate concrete railings and entrance pylons. [2] Ellsworth Street Bridge was of the few steel truss bridges completed while McCullough was in charge of bridge design in Oregon, and it is one of the few multi-span steel truss bridges remaining in the state. [4]
Ellsworth Street Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 44°38′21″N 123°06′24″W / 44.6393°N 123.106635°W |
Carries | ![]() |
Crosses | Willamette River |
Locale | Albany, Oregon |
Maintained by | Oregon Department of Transportation |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss bridge |
Total length | 1,090 feet (330 m) |
Width | 26 feet (7.9 m) |
Longest span | 800 feet (240 m) |
History | |
Opened | 1926 |
Location | |
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The Ellsworth Street Bridge is a highway bridge that crosses the Willamette River in Albany, Oregon, United States. Built in 1925, the two-lane structure carries U.S. Route 20 eastbound traffic, with the adjacent Lyon Street Bridge carrying westbound traffic. The 1,090-foot-long (330 m) steel truss bridge was designed by Conde McCullough and opened in 1926.
In 1887, a bridge was built across the Willamette River at Albany for the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad followed by the Steel Bridge built in 1893 just downriver. [1] The state of Oregon began building a new bridge across the river at the city in 1925 to carry vehicular traffic. [2] Designed by state highway department bridge designer Conde McCullough, it was constructed by the Union Bridge Company based in Portland, Oregon. [2] The steel truss structure was completed in 1926. [3]
When the bridge opened, the Albany-Corvallis Highway was completed. [4] At the time the structure was named the Albany Bridge. [4] In 1973, the neighboring Lyon Street Bridge was completed to the east to expand capacity to a total of four lanes between the two bridges. [3] Ellsworth Street Bridge was refurbished in 1971 and 2002. [3] [5] As of 2004, the bridge handled an average of 9,850 cars per day. [5]
Classified as functionally obsolete with a 53.8-percent sufficiency rating, the two-lane bridge carries eastbound traffic of U.S. Route 20 south into downtown Albany at milepost 10.44. [2] [5] The bridge's main span consists of four steel through-trusses in the Parker style, each 200 feet (61 m) in length. [2] Ellsworth Street Bridge is a total of 1,090 feet (330 m) long and 26 feet (7.9 m) wide with a vertical clearance of 25 feet (7.6 m). [2] [5] The seven concrete approaches are of a girder design. [5] The green colored bridge also has ornate concrete railings and entrance pylons. [2] Ellsworth Street Bridge was of the few steel truss bridges completed while McCullough was in charge of bridge design in Oregon, and it is one of the few multi-span steel truss bridges remaining in the state. [4]