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 steel
truss bridge was designed by
Conde McCullough
Conde Balcom McCullough (May 30, 1887 – May 6, 1946) was an American civil engineer who is primarily known for designing many of Oregon's coastal bridges on U.S. Route 101. The native of South Dakota worked for the Oregon Department of Tr ...
and opened in 1926.
History
In 1887, a bridge was built across the Willamette River at Albany for the
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followed by the Steel Bridge built in 1893 just downriver.
The state of
Oregon began building a new bridge across the river at the city in 1925 to carry vehicular traffic.
Designed by state highway department bridge designer Conde McCullough, it was constructed by the Union Bridge Company based in
Portland, Oregon.
[ The steel truss structure was completed in 1926.][ 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.][ Ellsworth Street Bridge was refurbished in 1971 and 2002.][
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Details
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
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10.44.[ The bridge's main span consists of four steel through-trusses in the Parker style, each in length.][ Ellsworth Street Bridge is a total of long and wide with a vertical clearance of .][ The seven concrete approaches are of a girder design.][ The green colored bridge also has ornate concrete railings and entrance pylons.][ 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.][
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See also
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*List of crossings of the Willamette River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon from the Columbia River upstream to the confluence of the Middle Fork Willamette River and Coast Fork Willamette River. This confluence, at , is co ...
* Picture from 2008
References
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Bridges completed in 1926
U.S. Route 20
Bridges in Linn County, Oregon
Bridges over the Willamette River
Bridges in Benton County, Oregon
Buildings and structures in Albany, Oregon
Road bridges in Oregon
Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon
Bridges by Conde McCullough
1926 establishments in Oregon
Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
Steel bridges in the United States
Parker truss bridges in the United States
