Identifier: architectenginee1030sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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WORLDS HIGHEST CAXTDLEVER T^TE BRIDGE(196 Fc«t Aboix Water) Steel Bridge,Spanning Columbia River,From Lon5^■iew^ Washington, to Rainier, Oregon 91 T ly Frederic Ear p. III HE gateway to Puget Sound andBritish Columbia from Northwest Oregonwas formally opened to public traffic-March 29. 1930. when the Columbia Riv- green State. The President of the UnitedStates from the White House in Washing-ton, pressed a golden telegraph key thatopened the bridge.
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COLUMBIA RiyER LONCJVIEW BRIDGE,Strauss Engineering er Bridge between Rainier, Oregon, andLongview, Washington, was dedicated. Forthe first time in the history of white settle-ment on the Lower Columbia, which datesback to the days of Lewis and Clark, Dr..McLaughlin, and the Astoria E.vpeditions,it is possible for the motorist from theNorthern coast of Oregon and the Lowerriver communities, to pass without long de-tour or slow ferry directly into the Ever-92 OPENED FOR TR.VFFIC M.ARCH 29, 1930Company, Builiier> The Columbia River-Longview Bridgehas a cantilever span 1200 feet long and aclearance of 196.5 feet above mean lowwater of Columbia River. The maximumheight above mean low water is 330 feetand the length, including wooden ap-proaches, is 8289 feet. Beginning with theLongview or north side, the bridge has 2620feet of wooden approach trestle; two 40-foot and one 168-foot steel approach spans; April, 1930 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, ^ 93 a 760-fo()t anchor arm; a 1200-foot canti-le

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