"The Bull Run River Bridge, pin-connected and incorporating both wrought iron and steel structural members, is of major significance to Oregon's bridge history. The use of wrought iron predates 1900 and represents a now obsolete material. The Bull Run River Bridge is one of only two bridges of its type in Oregon's highway system. The other is the Sandy River Bridge on Lusted Road, also in Clackamas County. The Bull Run River contains a Pennsylvania-Petit truss, 240 feet in length. The span was originally part of the Burnside Bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, built in 1894 by the Bullen Bridge Company. The truss portals contain nautical design elements, appropriate to its former location. The Bridge was relocated to its present site the Bull Run Reservoir area when the current Burnside Bridge was built in 1926."

"In 1926, after the completion of the Burnside Bridge, the bridge was dismantled and relocated. The west approach of the bridge was located to Bull Run, where it spans the Bull Run River, while its east portion was relocated to its current location in Sandy, where it replaced a pre-existing truss bridge that provided access to Dodge Park."

Bridgehunter.com: Bull Run Bridge

Overview

Pennsylvania-Petit through truss bridge over Bull Run River on Bull Run Road

Location

Clackamas County, Oregon

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built in 1894 in Portland. Moved to current location in 1926

Builders

- Bullen Bridge Co. of Pueblo, Colorado (Original Contractor) [also known as Pueblo Bridge Co.]

- W.B. Chase (Engineer)

Design

The Bull Run Bridge is a 240-foot pin-connected Pennsylvania-Petit truss consisting of both wrought iron and steel members.

Dimensions

Span length: 240.0 ft.

Total length: 240.0 ft.

Deck width: 23.5 ft.

Vertical clearance above deck: 17.5 ft.

Also called

Revenue Bridge

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