Nehalem River Bridge – Seaside OR

City:
Seaside, OR

Site Type:
Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Bureau of Public Roads (BPR), Public Works Funding

Started:
1939

Completed:
1939

Contractor:
Mountain State Construction

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Completed in 1939, the biggest bridge on what was then the newly constructed Wolf Creek Highway (now the Sunset Highway) spans the 600-foot-deep Nehalem River gorge. It eliminated a three-mile detour on this major highway between Portland and the northern Oregon coast.

The concrete arch bridge cost $130,000 and was built in a cooperative effort between the US Bureau of Public Roads and the Oregon State Highway Commission. Mountain States Construction Company, a Eugene firm, built the bridge.

Source notes

"Costly Span Completed," Oregonian. February 4, 1940.

"Nehalem Bridge - Oregon," Bridgehunter: Http://www.bridgehunter.org

 

Site originally submitted by Judith T Kenny on February 16, 2022.

Location Info


US Highway 26
Elsie, OR 97138
Clatsop County

Location notes: Nehalem Bridge is east of the unincorporated town of Elsie, Oregon and approximately 24 miles east of Seaside on US Highway #26.

Coordinates: 45.85920899850882, -123.55542536698404

Site Details

Total Cost
$130,000

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