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General Information

Other name(s): U.S. 197 Columbia River Bridge
Official designation: NBI: 06635 004 00077
Completion: 18 December 1953
Status: in use

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Location

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Crosses:
  • Columbia River
Coordinates: 45° 36' 36.68" N    121° 8' 21.79" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 175.60 m
total length 1019.65 m

Materials

piers reinforced concrete
truss steel
abutments reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Dalles Bridge is a bridge on U.S. Route 197 (US 197) that spans the Columbia River in the United States between The Dalles, Oregon and Dallesport, Washington.

Description

The steel cantilever truss bridge is located just downstream from The Dalles Dam. Although the bridge reaches into the state of Washington, it is maintained by the Oregon Department of Transportation. The average daily traffic on the bridge (US 197) is nearly 8,400. (US 197 connects Washington State Route 14, a few miles to the north of the bridge, with Interstate 84 and US 30, both just south of the bridge, and with U.S. Route 97, about 67 miles [108 km] to the south.)

History

Ferry service operations began at the site in 1854, but just over a decade later, in 1865, plans for a bridge began. However, it took about another 85 years and the construction of The Dalles Dam before the bridge was finally built. Although the bridge was built in connection with the dam, the bridge opened December 18, 1953, but the dam was not completed until 1957. Due to issues with the dam, the bridge had to be redesigned as a longer one and the location moved slightly farther downstream the originally planned. Notwithstanding, the already fabricated steel components (for the original bridge design) were successfully modified and used in the newly designed bridge. The cost of construction was $2.4 million (equivalent to $73.76 million in 2019).

The bridge had a toll from its opening until November 1, 1974, when the bridge's construction bond (which had been issued by Wasco County in Oregon) was paid off.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "The Dalles Bridge" and modified on 16 August 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20031245
  • Published on:
    16/09/2007
  • Last updated on:
    27/10/2023
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