Lusted Road Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Sandy River on Lusted Road

Location

Clackamas County, Oregon

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built in 1894 in Portland. Moved to current location in 1926. Rehabilitation & Seismic Retrofit completed in 1998

Builders

- Bullen Bridge Co. (Original Contractor)
- W.B. Chase (Engineer)

Design

The Lusted Road Bridge is a pin-connected Pennsylvania-Petit truss consisting of both wrought iron and steel members. The bridge was originally part of the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon crossing the Willamette River, but was moved to the current location in 1926. The truss portals contain nautical design elements which were appropriate to its former location crossing the Willamette shipping channel. The Lusted and Bull Run Bridges are the only remaining bridges on the Oregon highway system that utilize wrought iron as a building material.
The Lusted Bridge is adjacent to the Portland Waterworks Bridge which is a similar pin-connected wrought iron truss bridge built in 1895 to carry water pipes.
(Historical Highway Bridges of Oregon - 1989)

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 300.0 ft.
Total length: 300.0 ft.
Deck width: 23.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+45.26421, -122.15136   (decimal degrees)
45°15'51" N, 122°09'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

10/566577/5012651 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Cherryville

Inventory number

BH 29879 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 08/2006)

Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 45.7 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2006)

711

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Update Log 

• November 25, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff: Added Design Description
• October 8, 2008: New photo from Michael Goff
• August 5, 2008: New photos from Michael Goff
• July 30, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
• June 10, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff

Sources 

• Michael Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] odot [dot] state [dot] or [dot] us

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