Crooked River High Bridge

The Crooked River High Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans the Crooked River gorge in Jefferson County, Oregon. The bridge was designed by Conde McCullough and was completed in 1926. Shortly after its completion, Oregon State Highway Division created the Peter Skene Ogden Park just to the south of the bridge.

Crooked River (High) Bridge
Coordinates	44.392°N 121.194°W
Carries	US 97
Crosses	Crooked River
Locale	Jefferson County, Oregon
Characteristics
Design	steel deck arch
Total length	464 ft (141 m)
Longest span	330 ft (100 m)
History
Opened	1926
Location

The bridge has a total length of 464 feet (141 m) with a main span of 330 feet (100 m). The deck is 295 feet (90 m) above the canyon floor. The bridge was eventually unable to keep up with the growing traffic demands of US 97 (US 97), and was replaced by the wider Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge in 2000. The old bridge is open to pedestrians.

See also

•  Transport portal
•  Engineering portal
•  Oregon portal
• List of bridges in the United States by height

External links

• Oregon State Parks panoramic image
• Crooked River Bridge at Structurae
• Crooked River High Bridge, Spanning Crooked River Gorge at Dalles-California Highway, Terrebonne vicinity, Deschutes, OR at the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)

Sources

• Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C.B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder, Robert W. Hadlow, Oregon State University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-534-8.