Oregon Trunk Railroad Bridge

Trunk Rail Bridge from Eastbound 84I-84. Wasco County, Oregon. March 28, 2014

Clarence E. Mershon. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon

...the Oregon Trunk railway line, meant to provide a route into California via the Deschutes Rover for the Great Northern/Northern Pacific combine, crossed the Columbia River above Celilo Falls. ... When the Columbia River Highway came through, engineers had to build this overpass to take the highway round the obstacle presented by the line. ... Archival photo courtesy of ODOT.


Clarence E. Mershon. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. 224.
Wasco County 6. Celilo, 1933Page 051 - Township 2 N. Range 15 E., Cecilo, Moody, Columbia RiverAtlas: Wasco County 1933State: OregonMetsker Maps 1933Item # US1328904Historic Map Works.http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1328904/Page+051+++Township+2+N++Range+15+E+++Cecilo++Moody++Columbia+River/Wasco+County+1933/Oregon
Trunk Railroad Bridge at Old Celilo Falls - 2014 Curious Gorge TourFriends of the Columbia Gorge - Curious Gorge Histories and Mysteries Tour 2014. April 27, 2014Copyright © 2014 A. F. Litt, All Rights Reserved
Celilo Falls and Railroad Bridge on Columbia RiverDate: 1953?Photographer Uncertain
Gifford & Prentiss, Portland, Ore. "7?453 SP&S R.R. Bridge across Columbia R" ODOT Glass Slide Collection, Disc 5Posted by Jonathan Ledbetter (http://blog.beaverstateroads.net) to Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highway Facebook Group on February 15, 2020https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100558797192918
No. 39, new Steel Bridge, near The Dalles, OregonPhotographer Uncertain, Possibly B. C. Markham

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