Multnomah Creek Bridge

Route 2

Built: 1914

HCRH Bridge and Multnomah Falls (2013)Multnomah Falls. Historic Columbia River Highway. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. April 23, 2013

"Halfway between these two viaducts we cross the stream below Multnomah Falls on a reinforced concrete bridge—an arch with a clear span of 40 feet, total length 67 feet, height of opening 14 feet. The lines are good and its graceful curves fit into the landscape well."

Lancaster 1914, 65

A View on the Columbia Highway in Oregon: Multnomah Falls1st Annual Report, 1914

Robert W. Hadlow, Columbia River Highway Historic District, National Historic Landmark Nomination

CS13. Structure: Multnomah Creek Bridge, No. 4534 HAER No. OR-36-H

Location: HMP 32.1

Date: 1914

Designer: K. P. Billner, Oregon State Highway Dept.

Builder: Pacific Bridge Company, Portland

Owner: Oregon Department of Transportation

This 67-foot reinforced-concrete structure includes a 40-foot five-rib solid spandrel arch. It provides an 18-foot-wide road deck. The concrete rails consist of segmental arch panels with beveled caps and concrete end posts.

Hadlow, Landmark Nomination, 19

45. SOUTH ELEVATION OF MULTNOMAH CREEK BRIDGE, VIEW LOOKING 15 DEGREES NORTH. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354696p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354696pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--45Repository: 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.354696p/resource/

Multnomah Creek Interpretive SignHistoric Columbia River Highway. Oregon. January 9, 2015

54. FOOTBRIDGES NEAR MULTNOMAH FALLS LODGE. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354705p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354705pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--54Repository: 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.354705p/resource/

#4318 - Multnomah Falls from new highway Oregon State Archives / Oregon Department of Transportationhttp://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/images/records/state/odot/highway/photogallery/photo11896/4318.jpg

53. VIEW OF MULTNOMAH FALLS AREA FROM OTHER SIDE OF RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354704p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354704pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--53Repository: 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.354704p/resource/

"The queen of all American cataracts; the second largest falls in America; the highest and grandest falls along the Columbia River Highway. There is a sheer fall of six hundred feet into a rock basin, and this is always a boiling seething cauldron. With its dense growth of ferns and shrubbery, it is nature's symphony in water, rock and foliage."

Multnomah Falls From The HighwayLipschuetz and Katz. Oregon's Famous Columbia River Highway. Portland: Lipschuetz and Katz. 1920. University of California Librarieshttps://archive.org/details/oregonsfamouscol00lips

Bridge Construction Costs1st Annual Report, 1914 p. 50

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