April 21, 2022

While this bridge was never on the alignment of The Dalles-California Highway, I still wanted to include it on the site because it is a very cool bridge in a very cool location. Looking at the detail below from the aerial photo on the Boyd page, it is clear that the 1925 bridge replaced a much older one at this site.

Tom Kloster, WyEast Blog: Mystery of the Desert Mounds

This historic 1925 structure was designed by Conde McCullough, the famed Oregon bridge engineer who designed most of the stunning bridges along the Oregon Coast Highway and several of the graceful bridge along the old scenic highway in the Columbia River Gorge. The nearby, historic Adkisson Mill completes the picturesque scene here. There’s a small pullout on the south side of the bridge.

https://wyeastblog.org/2020/06/21/mystery-of-the-desert-mounds (Accessed April 19, 2022)

ODOT, Oregon's Historic Bridge Field Guide (2013)

Common Name: Adkisson Bridge

Year Built: 1925

Location: 0.6 mi. south of Boyd

Lat/Long: 45 28 46, -121 04 51

Description: One 120-ft reinforced concrete open-spandrel rib-type deck arch

Designer: C.B. McCullough

Builder: George F. Reeves of Portland

Significance: Designed and constructed by the state for Wasco County, the Adkisson Bridge served as a crossing of both a creek and a now defunct railroad line. The structure features many of the common decorative details of McCullough arches, including arched fascia spandrel walls, ornate sidewalk brackets and a band of dentils below the rail.

Character Defining Features: Structure type, Decorative features, Location

Alterations: Only minor changes have been made, including the addition of a utility line on the outside of the rail and the loss of the nameplates.

Burrow, Rebecca, Chris Bell, Chris Leedham. Oregon's Historic Bridge Field Guide (2013). Oregon Department of Transportation. 2013
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1C70sWCO5nbuLnOKkWt_sM12vzsdZlHkE

April 21, 2022

Comparing the aerials in Google Earth, the barn above finally succumbed to the winters and to gravity some time between September 28, 2020 and July 24, 2021.

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