Siuslaw River Bridge (Florence, Oregon)

Title: Siuslaw River Bridge (Florence, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Creator: McCullough, Conde Balcom Mercer-Fraser Company
Creator Display: Conde Balcom McCullough (engineer, 1887-1946) Mercer-Fraser Company (builder/contractor)
Description: National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2005)
View: exterior view: view of concrete formwork
Provenance: Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal: 1930-1939
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works bridges (built works) bascule bridges
Location: Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States Florence >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Date: 1936
Identifier: pna_22010
Rights: In Copyright
Rights Holder: University of Oregon
Source: Gift of Edward H. Teague
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Institution: University of Oregon
Citation: Smith, Dwight A. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1989 Conde Balcom McCullough (1887-1946), Oregon Encyclopedia, http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/conde_balcom_mccullough/
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.