Stark Street Bridge
Route 2: Stark Street Alignment
1914
Hadlow, Landmark Nomination
CS3. Structure: Sandy River (Stark St.) Bridge, No. 11112 HAER No. OR-36-B
Location: HMP 16.7
Date: 1914
Designer: K. P. Billner, Oregon State Highway Dept.
Builder George Griffin and the Portland Bridge Co.
Owner: Multnomah County, Oregon
One of the oldest steel truss highway bridges in Oregon, this structure consists of one ten-panel 200'-2½" riveted Pratt camel-back through truss steel span and one 5-panel 77'-6" Warren pony truss. Total length is 277'-8½". The deck is 20 feet wide. This bridge forms the second western entrance to the CRH, on Stark Street/Baseline Road, which begins in the heart of downtown Portland. At the time of the highway’s construction, the Portland Automobile Club established a camp for its members near this bridge (and outside the NHL district boundaries).
Hadlow, Landmark Nomination, 11
"This 227-foot long steel truss bridge was once called the 'Auto Club Bridge' because of its proximity to the Portland Auto Club grounds. It is one of two entrances to the Columbia River Highway. Located and constructed in 1913-15 under the supervision of Samuel C. Lancaster... Note that the two spans are of different height and length. The smaller section, called a 'Warren Pony', was made to take advantage of the piers that remained after the collapse of an old wooden bridge at this location in April 1914."
Ken Manske, A Traveler's Guide to the Historic Columbia River Highway. Gresham, OR: M&A Tour Books. 2003. (Stark Street 2)
