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Re: O.T. - The swing span bridge that hasn't opened in 60 years
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 06-07-2020 - 17:35
Erik H. Wrote:
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> The Toledo District bridge just downriver in
> Albany is also a swing-span that hasn't opened in
> a very long time, if ever...
>
> Legend is the Oregon Electric bridge upriver from
> Corvallis opened exactly once when it was first
> built but never again; today the lift span sits
> over a sandbar thanks to the Willamette River
> changing its course. The adjacent SP (UP) bridge
> was recently demolished and rebuilt as a
> non-movable bridge.
>
> I believe the Van Buren Bridge is the only
> Willamette River bridge south of Portland that is
> physically capable of being opened.
It was determined in 1980 that the Van Buren Bridge was no longer operable. In steamboat days Corvallis was considered the head of navigation on the Willamette except for Spring when boats could reach Eugene during high water flows. When you cross the river on 99E just south of Harrisburg you will see rapids during the summer.
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> The Toledo District bridge just downriver in
> Albany is also a swing-span that hasn't opened in
> a very long time, if ever...
>
> Legend is the Oregon Electric bridge upriver from
> Corvallis opened exactly once when it was first
> built but never again; today the lift span sits
> over a sandbar thanks to the Willamette River
> changing its course. The adjacent SP (UP) bridge
> was recently demolished and rebuilt as a
> non-movable bridge.
>
> I believe the Van Buren Bridge is the only
> Willamette River bridge south of Portland that is
> physically capable of being opened.
It was determined in 1980 that the Van Buren Bridge was no longer operable. In steamboat days Corvallis was considered the head of navigation on the Willamette except for Spring when boats could reach Eugene during high water flows. When you cross the river on 99E just south of Harrisburg you will see rapids during the summer.
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 O.T. - The swing span bridge that hasn't opened in 60 years
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Pdxrailtransit | 06-06-2020 - 12:28 |
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Re: O.T. - The swing span bridge that hasn't opened in 60 years
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George Andrews | 06-06-2020 - 20:55 |
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Re: O.T. - The swing span bridge that hasn't opened in 60 years
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Erik H. | 06-07-2020 - 17:01 |
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Re: O.T. - The swing span bridge that hasn't opened in 60 years |
Pdxrailtransit | 06-07-2020 - 17:35 |