Talk:Van Buren Street Bridge

A fact from Van Buren Street Bridge appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 October 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Van Buren Street Bridge in Oregon is the last movable-span truss bridge constructed by the pin connection method located on the West Coast?

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How is it possible that the bridge, "was the first bridge across the river at Corvallis and is now the third oldest bridge across the river." If it's the first bridge, doesn't that make it the oldest?--PvtDeth (talk) 08:20, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is the first bridge across the river at Corvallis, which is one of many cities/communities along the river. Thus it is the oldest across the river in Corvallis, but two others in different cities across the same river are older. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:49, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]