Mitchell Point Viaduct
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Mitchell Point Tunnel & Viaduct, 1920s, from water... Scott Cook, Curious Gorge Blog. http://curiousgorgeblog.wordpress.com/36-mitchell-point/
Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Mitchell Point Tunnel & Viaduct 1915, Pete Brooks, 1995
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020
The photos below are looking across the gap crossed by the viaduct to the actual site of the tunnel itself. The pavement we see once was actually the road bed inside of the tunnel.
The photos below are looking across the gap crossed by the viaduct to the actual site of the tunnel itself. The pavement we see once was actually the road bed inside of the tunnel.
Pavement & Viaduct Remains at Mitchel PointMitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
Viaduct RemnantMitchell Point Viewpoint. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
The photos below show the east end of the viaduct entering the tunnel. Note the railing in the foreground as opposed to the stone arches inside the tunnel itself.
The photos below show the east end of the viaduct entering the tunnel. Note the railing in the foreground as opposed to the stone arches inside the tunnel itself.
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Mitchell Point Tunnel. Paved in 1920.Oregon State Highway Commission - 4th Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1918 to November 30th, 1920http://digital.lib.pdx.edu/oscdl/files/odot/pdx005t0003.pdf
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Below, looking west from the "tunnel" across the span once bridged by the viaduct. The old road bed from inside the tunnel is still up there, just the tunnel itself is gone. Photo: April 14, 2014
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