Continued from Clackamas River Bridges…
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge on February 20, 2010
The first Clackamas River Bridge is the bridge carrying Highway 99E.
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge on February 20, 2010
It was designed by Conde Balcom McCullough and built under a co-operative agreement between the United States Bureau of Public Roads and the Oregon State Highway Commission, who simply called it the Clackamas River Bridge.
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge on February 20, 2010
It was constructed by contractor Lindstrom & Feigenson and completed in 1933.
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge on February 20, 2010
The Oregon City Chamber of Commerce and the McLoughlin Ladies Club of Oregon City dedicated it the Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge, in honor of the Father of the Oregon Country and the founder of Oregon City.
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge on February 20, 2010
The bridge is 720 feet long, with a main span of 240 feet.
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge on February 20, 2010
The bridge won the Annual Award of Merit for Most Beautiful Steel Bridge, Class C from the American Institute of Steel Constructors in 1933.
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge on February 20, 2010
At each end of the bridge are decorative obelisks with plaques, the text of the which is below. There is one of each at each end.
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge Plaque, February 20, 2010
CLACKAMAS RIVER
BRIDGE
-
BUILT UNDER
CO-OPERATIVE AGREEMENT
BY
THE UNITED STATES BUREAU
OF
PUBLIC ROADS
AND
OREGON
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
-
LINDSTROM & FEIGENSON
CONTRACTORS
1932
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge Plaque, February 20, 2010
THE
DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN
MEMORIAL BRIDGE
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DEDICATED BY
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND
THE MCLOUGHLIN LADIES CLUB
OF OREGON CITY
-
"FATHER OF
THE OREGON COUNTRY"
FOUNDER OF
OREGON CITY
Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge Plaque, February 20, 2010
There is also a single award plaque attached directly to the bridge.
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