Gnat Creek

Route 2 / US 30

Gnat Creekv.2020.007Google Earth Imagery Date: October 12, 2018

After all the speculation on the last couple of pages, we finally get the location of the old highway 100%, undeniably confirmed at the Gnat Creek Bridge.

Through this stretch of the highway, from whatever turns up on the likely Big Noise Creek Fragment to the verified Clifton Road Fragment, I do believe that the alignments between the original and the modern highway match up pretty well through here.

Gnat Creek Bridge

Gnat Creek Bridge: Old photo prior to rail replacementPhoto courtesy of ODOTBH Photo #385975https://bridgehunter.com/or/clatsop/gnat-creek

Bridgehunter.com: Gnat Creek Bridge

Overview: Concrete stringer bridge over Gnat Creek on US 30

Location: Clatsop County, Oregon

Status: Open to traffic

Future prospects: 2008 project strengthened girders and replaced ornamental concrete rail with two tube steel rail.

History: Built 1929

Builder: Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, North Dakota (Bridge Engineer)

Design: Continuous concrete curved stringer

Dimensions:

Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.

Total length: 165.0 ft.

Deck width: 26.9 ft.


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Gnat Creek Bridge: Bridge plaque Bridge plaquePhoto courtesy of ODOTBH Photo #385976https://bridgehunter.com/or/clatsop/gnat-creek
CRH at 1929 Gnat Creek BridgeColumbia River Highway. Oregon. March 15, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Gnat Creek Bridge (1929), Designed by Conde B. McCulloughGoogle Street View. Imagery Date: August 2012

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