Moffett Creek Bridge

Route 2 / HCRH State Trail

Historic Columbia River Highway: Moffett Creek BridgeOregonian/ODOT photohttp://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2013/09/historic_columbia_river_highwa.html#photo-13392073

Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

At MOFFET CREEK, 151.4 m. [West of Hwy. 730 Junction], the highway crosses a large flat-arch cement bridge. The span, 170 feet long, is 70 feet above the stream.

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/exhibits/across/eaglecr.html

Moffett Creek Bridge Construction, July 12, 1915ODOThttp://archive.constantcontact.com/fs092/1102814513792/archive/1109418695659.html

"In 1915, Lancaster described the Moffett Creek Bridge as 'the largest flat arch bridge in America and the largest three-hinged arch in the world. The clear space is one hundred seventy feet and it rises only seventeen feet in that distance. The floor of the bridge is seventy feet above the stream.'"

Mershon, East of the Sandy III, 54-55

Moffett Creek, Columbia River Highway, 8-10-1915Friends of the Gorge Winter 2013 newsletter.http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=cdb25f6e-4c3b-47e4-9d46-a87d00980293&c=dcb36c60-5d06-11e3-ac57-d4ae526edd6c&ch=dcb6eed0-5d06-11e3-ac57-d4ae526edd6c

Friends of the Gorge: Tale of Two Bridges

In 1915, gala celebrations heralded the grand opening of the Columbia River Highway, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. The aesthetically beautiful road was an engineering wonder of its time, and Moffett Creek Bridge was hailed as the longest flat arch bridge in the country. But the popularity of motor transportation exploded, and just a few decades later, the new Interstate 84 opened to carry the traffic. During construction of I-84, sections of the Historic Highway were demolished.

This November, nearly 100 years after the grand opening, we have new reasons to celebrate the Historic Columbia River Highway. Restoration of the thirty-mile stretch of highway between Troutdale and Cascade Locks has been completed, opening the old road to the public as a bicycle and pedestrian trail.

The recent 1.6-mile restoration of the Historic Highway near the John B. Yeon Trailhead crosses two bridges. A new bridge over McCord Creek incorporates art deco features reminiscent of the 1930s and the original 1915 Moffett Creek Bridge still stands. After sitting abandoned for decades, the beauty of this old bridge, in tandem with the new Moffett Creek Bridge, will welcome travelers in the Columbia Gorge.

Friends of the Gorge Winter 2013 newsletter. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=cdb25f6e-4c3b-47e4-9d46-a87d00980293&c=dcb36c60-5d06-11e3-ac57-d4ae526edd6c&ch=dcb6eed0-5d06-11e3-ac57-d4ae526edd6c

"Here's Moffett Creek sometime in the 1̶9̶3̶0̶s̶ 1940s or '50s. The signage is my favorite part! "Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020

"...will cross that stream at an elevation of 102 feet, 75 feet above the water, on a single arch bridge of reinforced concrete. This span will be 170 feet, rise 17 feet, total length 206 feet."

Lancaster, 1914 66

Moffett Creek Bridge, 1949Hadlow, Robert W. and Amanda Joy Piets, Hannah Kullberg, Sara Morrissey, Kristen Stallman, Myra Sperley, Linda Dodds. Historic Columbia River Highway Oral History: Final Report (SR 500-261). Salem: Oregon Department of Transportation Research Section. August 2009. 54.

66. ROADSCAPE VIEW OF MOFFETT CREEK BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM WEST END OF BRIDGE. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354717p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354717pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--66Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354717p/resource/

67. MOFFETT CREEK BRIDGE IN FOREGROUND, RAILING DETAIL LOOKING 216 DEGREES SOUTHWEST FROM CENTER OF SPAN. INTERSTATE 84 BRIDGES IN BACKGROUND. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354718p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354718pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--67Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/or0386.photos.354718p/resource/

ODOT - 2013 - Advisory Committee 2013 Year End Review Presentation

Moffett Creek Bridge - HCRH Bike TourFriends of the Columbia Gorge. HCRH State Trail. June 22, 2014

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Moffett Creek Bridge

Route 2 / HCRH State Trail

Oregon State Archives: A 1940 Journey Across Oregon

Friends of the Gorge: Tale of Two Bridges

"...will cross that stream at an elevation of 102 feet, 75 feet above the water, on a single arch bridge of reinforced concrete. This span will be 170 feet, rise 17 feet, total length 206 feet."

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