Tanner Creek Bridge

Route 2

Built: 1915

Mossy HCRH Near Tanner Creek, WestboundHistoric Columbia River Highway. Oregon. April 30, 2013
69. PERSPECTIVE VIEW LOOKING WEST OF TANNER CREEK BRIDGE. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORPhoto by Jet Lowe, July 1995Digital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354720p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354720pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--69Repository: 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.354720p/resource/ https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/or/or0300/or0386/data/or0386cap.pdf
68. APPROACH VIEW OF TANNER CREEK BRIDGE LOOKING EAST. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORPhoto by Jet Lowe, July 1995Digital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354719p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354719pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--68Repository: 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.354719p/resource/ https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/or/or0300/or0386/data/or0386cap.pdf
"Tanner Creek Bridge, 2012, before it became 'State Trail-ified'" [Eastbound]Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 10, 2020

"...the road will cross Tanner Creek on a 60-foot reinforced concrete girder bridge only 55 feet above sea level. Tanner Creek is a clear, cold mountain stream coming from the summit of the Cascade Range, fed by melting snow and springs."


Lancaster, 1914 66
Tanner Creek Rail and Moss Historic Columbia River Highway. Oregon. April 30, 2013

Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon (1989)

Bypassed and no longer in use, the Tanner Creek Bridge is a reinforced concrete deck girder, 60 feet in length. The bridge is located near the Interstate 84 entrance to the Bonneville Dam and is now owned by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. Completed in 1915, the bridge was constructed by the State Highway Department. Charles H. Purcell was the state bridge engineer, and Samuel Lancaster was the engineer for the Columbia River Highway.

  • Structure Number 2062
  • Columbia River Highway 2 (Interstate 84), M.P. 40.27 (Bypassed)
  • Constructed - 1915
  • Reinforced Concrete Deck Girder
  • Ownership - State of Oregon (Fish and Wildlife Commission)

Smith, Dwight A., James B. Norman and Pieter T. Dykman. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon. Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. 1986. 2nd Edition, 1989.http://npshistory.com/publications/oregon/historic_highway_bridges/sec3.htm
Mossy Bridge (2013)Historic Columbia River Highway. Oregon. April 30, 2013.Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Rail and Footings, Tanner CreekHistoric Columbia River Highway. Oregon. April 30, 2013
HCRH at Tanner Creek, Westbound (2013)Historic Columbia River Highway. Oregon. April 30, 2013.Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Westbound to Tanner Creek Bridge (2013)Historic Columbia River Highway. Oregon. April 30, 2013.Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved

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#400 Closed for State Trail Construction (2013) Historic Columbia River Highway. Oregon. April 30, 2013.Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved

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Trail Sign: Tanner Creek Trailhead Sign (2013)Historic Columbia River Highway. Oregon. April 30, 2013.Copyright © 2015 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved

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