Tooth Rock Tunnel
US 30
Built: 1936
Tooth Rock Tunnel, Eastbound (at speed)I-84, U. S. 30 "Water Level Route" Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon . March 24, 2014 Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
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West Side of Tooth Rock before Tunnel ConstructionHadlow, Robert W. and Amanda Joy Piets, Hannah Kullberg, Sara Morrissey, Kristen Stallman, Myra Sperley, Linda Dodds. Historic Columbia River Highway Oral History: Final Report (SR 500-261). Salem: Oregon Department of Transportation Research Section. August 2009. 55.
Toothrock Realignment Pilot TunnelArmy Corps of Engineers photo collectionProvided by Jamen Lee, Oregon State Parks
"7994 shows a small tunnel between the HCRH and Railroad. Unsure of the purpose, but looks to be around where the Interstate tunnel is now so it is probably long gone."
"7994 shows a small tunnel between the HCRH and Railroad. Unsure of the purpose, but looks to be around where the Interstate tunnel is now so it is probably long gone."
Jamen Lee, Park Ranger - Oregon State Parks, HCRH State Trail. Email. September 29, 2015
"The small tunnel that you referenced is probably the pilot tunnel for Toothrock Tunnel. It is in the correct location."
"The small tunnel that you referenced is probably the pilot tunnel for Toothrock Tunnel. It is in the correct location."
Robert Hadlow, Senior Historian, ODOT. Email. September 29, 2015
"This photograph [above] was taken from the east end of the Tooth Rock Tunnel on U.S. Highway 30, the Columbia River Highway in Multnomah County. This photograph shows the stone arch at the entrance of the tunnel and looks down the highway toward the Eagle Creek Bridge and a railroad bridge. Forested hills line both sides of the highway."
"This photograph [above] was taken from the east end of the Tooth Rock Tunnel on U.S. Highway 30, the Columbia River Highway in Multnomah County. This photograph shows the stone arch at the entrance of the tunnel and looks down the highway toward the Eagle Creek Bridge and a railroad bridge. Forested hills line both sides of the highway."
Tooth Rock Tunnel on the old Columbia River Highway (U.S. 30) east of Portland, Oregon, 1938 (#827)Photo by Ralph Gifford Oregon State Archives, Oregon Department of Transportation, OHD0827http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm/singleitem/collection/orarc/id/1689
Toothrock Tunnel Photo in Vista HouseCrown Point State Scenic Corridor. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. October 14, 2010
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President Roosevelt at Toothrock Tunnel, September 28, 1937Hadlow, Robert W. and Amanda Joy Piets, Hannah Kullberg, Sara Morrissey, Kristen Stallman, Myra Sperley, Linda Dodds. Historic Columbia River Highway Oral History: Final Report (SR 500-261). Salem: Oregon Department of Transportation Research Section. August 2009. 44.
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73. TOOTHROCK TUNNEL. - Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, ORDigital ID: (None) hhh or0386.photos.354724p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.or0386/photos.354724pReproduction Number: HAER ORE,26-TROUT.V,1--73Repository: 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.354724p/resource/
BridgeHunter.com: Tooth Rock Tunnel
BridgeHunter.com: Tooth Rock Tunnel
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1936...
Design: Tunnel
Dimensions:
Dimensions:
Total length: 827.1 ft.
Average daily traffic (as of 1998):
Average daily traffic (as of 1998):
10,000
Inventory numbers
Inventory numbers
OR 04555 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 30117 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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BridgeReports.com: I-84 (HWY 002) over TOOTH ROCK TUNNEL
BridgeReports.com: I-84 (HWY 002) over TOOTH ROCK TUNNEL
Name: I-84 (HWY 002) over TOOTH ROCK TUNNEL
Name: I-84 (HWY 002) over TOOTH ROCK TUNNEL
Structure number: 04555 002 04125
Location: 2.3 MR W. CASCADE LOCKS
Route classification: Principal Arterial - Interstate (Rural) [01]
Length of largest span: 827.1 ft. [252.1 m]
Total length: 827.1 ft. [252.1 m]
Year built: 1936
Main span material: Concrete [1]
Main span design: Tunnel [18]
Latest Available Inspection: July 1999
Latest Available Inspection: July 1999
Status: Open, no restriction [A]
Average daily traffic: 10,000 [as of 1998]
Truck traffic: 23% of total traffic
Roadway alignment appraisal: Equal to present desirable criteria [8]
Scour condition: Bridge not over waterway. [N]
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