Yaquina Bay Bridge
44.62207 - 124.05636Koordinaten: 44 ° 37 ' 19.5 "N, 124 ° 3' 22.9 " W
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U.S. Highway 101
The Yaquina Bay Bridge is an arch bridge that connects the coastal road in the course of U.S. Highway 101 on the Yaquina Bay. It is located south of the city of Newport in Oregon on the west coast of the United States. In the north, bordering the bridge at the Yaquina Bay State Park with the famous Lighthouse Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, which can be seen from the bridge.
Description
Work on the bridge began on May 3, 1933 by temporary bridges were built on both banks. Most of the building materials were transported by rail to the coast. On September 6, 1936, designed by Conde McCullough Bridge was opened, the inauguration took place on Labor Day, a day earlier instead. The bridge replaced as the existing ferry service across the bay. In the same year another four designed by Him bridges were opened in the course of the coastal road in Oregon. The cost of the Yaquina Bay Bridge at that time amounted to 1,301,016 dollars, which came after the global economic crisis from the jobs created by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt National Industrial Recovery Act. A total of 5.602 million U.S. dollars have been spent on the bridges along the coastal highway 101 in Oregon. Through this continuous road connecting the economy and tourism could be greatly intensified on the coast.
Construction
During construction of the bridge about 23,000 m3 of concrete were 1,123 tons of reinforced steel and 2065 tons of structural steel used, there were about 220 workers were employed. The bridge has two lanes and pedestrian paths on both sides. The main arch of steel has a span of 107 meters and a height of 82 meters above the water. The reinforced concrete piers of the main arc stand in a water depth of about 18 meters. A carrier platform of concrete forms the northern support, a series of five arches of steel the southern part of the bridge. In its course the road has an average gradient of 4 per cent. Like many other bridges were designed by McCullough, also has the Yaquina Bay Bridge on many typical architectural features such as Neo-Gothic towers, obelisks of Art Deco or Romanesque arches. The turrets on each of the four sides of the large arc have a passage for pedestrians and be decorative, decorative stairs at the north end of the bridge are another stylistic feature.
Use
The average daily traffic on the bridge is about 18,000 vehicles (2007). The study of the statics from the Oregon Department of Transportation in 2007 showed that the bridge is in a sufficient insufficient to partly state. For 2011, extensive renovation measures worth around 9.5 million U.S. dollars are planned. In the movie Prom Night in 2008, the bridge appears in the opening scene.
Gallery
View along the road through the main arch
The northern stairway (Summer 1990)
View to the south