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Burnside Bridge (Portland, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Gustav Lindenthal (engineer)
  • Robert E. Kremers (engineer)
  • Ira G. Hedrick (engineer)
  • Booth & Pomeroy (builder/contractor)
  • Joseph B. Strauss (builder/contractor)
  • Lindstrom & Feigenson (builder/contractor)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1926
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2012)
View
  • exterior: Upstream view, looking NW, from Vera Katz Esplande
Temporal
  • 1920-1929
MODS Note
  • "The Burnside Bridge opened to traffic in May 1926 and spans the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Oregon, at River Mile 12.7, just upstream from the Steel Bridge, within the core of the central commercial district of the city. A steel deck truss with a central, double leaf Strauss bascule, the bridge measures 788 feet long between the abutment walls (i.e., not including the approach spans). The first bascule bridge to rely upon a concrete deck for its movable span, at 5000 tons (according to Wortman, 2000), the Burnside is one of the heaviest bascule bridges constructed in the United States. The Burnside Bridge design was initially the work of Ira G. Hedrick and Robert E. Kremers, with some modification and construction supervision by Gustav Lindenthal. The bridge is owned and maintained by Multnomah County." Source: National Register nomination.
  • This image is provided by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the UO Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image. For other uses, such as commercial publication, please contact the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • West Burnside Street
GPS Latitude
  • 45.523164
GPS Longitude
  • -122.693217
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • pna_30830
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Institution
Submission Date
  • 04/29/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (19 Apr 2024). Burnside Bridge (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67ng42k

MLA

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Chicago

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Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Strauss, Joseph B. (Joseph Baermann), 1870-1938 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004077761
2 Kremers, Robert E. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/KremersRobertE
3 Lindstrom & Feigenson http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LindstromandFeigenson
4 Booth & Pomeroy http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/BoothandPomeroy
5 Lindenthal, Gustav http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500264937
6 Hedrick, Ira G. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/HedrickIraG
7 Kramer, George, 1958- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92107555
8 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
9 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
10 bridges (built works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007836
11 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
12 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
13 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
14 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
15 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
16 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
17 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
18 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
19 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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