Seufert Viaduct

Route 2

Built: 1920

Seufert Viaduct over Fifteenmile Creek Columbia River Highway. Viewpoint Road. The Dalles, Oregon. Photo by A. F. Litt, February 27, 2020

Concrete viaduct over Three Mile Creek about three miles east of The Dalles in Wasco County. Total Length 200 ft. Will be completed about December 20, 1920.


Oregon State Highway Commission - 4th Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1918 to November 30th, 1920http://digital.lib.pdx.edu/oscdl/files/odot/pdx005t0003.pdf

Steve Hart, Upper CRH Survey

Seufert Viaduct

Mile 94.7


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Sure, it's over a creek, but it's called a viaduct anyway.

Seufert Viaduct PlaqueColumbia River Highway. Viewpoint Road. The Dalles, Oregon. March 24, 2014
Fifteenmile Creek Under the Seufert ViaductColumbia River Highway. Viewpoint Road. The Dalles, Oregon. March 24, 2014

A bridge and creek with many names... These photos show the Seufert Viaduct over what is now called Fifteenmile Creek. Mershon labeled it Five Mile Creek. The OHC's 4th Biennium Report in 1920 calls it Three Mile Creek. But it is definitely spanning Fifteenmile Creek...

The photo shown below was taken from a spot that is now buried by I-84.

The CRH Bridge at Five-Mile CreekClarence E. Mershon. The Columbia River Highway: From the Sea to the Wheat Fields of Eastern Oregon. Portland: Guardian Peaks Enterprises. 2006. 1st Edition. 220.

Fifth Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1, 1920 to November 30, 1922

Page 513Booth, R. A, J. B. Yeon, W. B. Barratt, E. E. Kiddle, Herbert Nunn. Fifth Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1, 1920 to November 30, 1922. Salem: State Printing Department. 1922.
Columbia River Highway Disappears Under Freeway (2014)Seufert Viaduct. Columbia River Highway. Viewpoint Road. The Dalles, Oregon. March 24, 2014
Photo by Steve HartPosted July 26, 2020Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highwayhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/766004304189760
Photo by Steve HartPosted July 26, 2020Past and Present Views Along the Columbia River Highwayhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/483015922488601/permalink/766004304189760
The Bridge Under the BridgeSeufert Viaduct. Columbia River Highway. Viewpoint Road. The Dalles, Oregon. March 24, 2014
Seufert Viaduct Crossing Fifteenmile Creek from I-84, EastboundGoogle Earth Street View. Imagery Date: December 2007

After the viaduct, the original route of the CRH continued, curving to the north, under where the freeway is today, towards the river and dam.

Links

Bridgehunter.com | Seufert Viaduct

Stringer bridge over Fifteen Mile Creek on Viewpoint Road (Historical Columbia River Highway) in The Dalles.

Seufert Viaduct photo taken by Michael Goff on January 10, 2009:

http://bridgehunter.com/photos/13/23/132326-L.jpg

Conde McCullough's 1920 Seufert Viaduct bridge by Scott Cook:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/74333887

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