Lebanon #35: Grant Street Bridge

Grant Street Bridge on October 21, 2006

The first Grant Street Bridge was a wooden covered bridge that was built in 1876. It was replaced in 1916 by a steel bridge. Reader Tim Russell recalls that that bridge on the south side of the railroad bridge was severely damaged by the 1964 Christmas Flood and was condemned. This new bridge was built on the north side of the railroad bridge to replace it. The 1916 bridge was demolished in 1966. Joy Williamson painted a mural on one of the bridge piers in 2001.

Grant Street Bridge Mural on October 21, 2006

The bridge has cracks in the approach spans, and the piers in the river are showing scour problems. The City of Lebanon received a grant in February 2004 from the Oregon Department of Transportation to replace the bridge. Construction of the new bridge started in 2006 and was scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2007, with the old bridge to be demolished. I do not know if the mural on the pier was preserved.

Grant Street Bridge Mural on October 21, 2006

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