Ellsworth Street Bridge

The Ellsworth Street Bridge  is a highway bridge that crosses the Willamette River in Albany, Oregon, United States. Built in 1925, the two-lane structure carries U.S. Route 20 eastbound traffic, with the adjacent Lyon Street Bridge carrying westbound traffic. The -long steel-truss bridge was designed by Conde McCullough and opened in 1926.

History
In 1887, a bridge was built across the Willamette River at Albany for the Corvallis and Eastern railway followed by the Steel Bridge built in 1893 just down river.North Albany Milestones.  City of Albany. Retrieved on April 19, 2008. The state of Oregon began building a new bridge across the river at the city in 1925 to carry vehicular traffic.Smith, Dwight A., James B. Norman, and Pieter T. Dykman. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon.  Salem, Or: Oregon Dept. of Transportation, Environmental Section, 1985. p. 76. Designed by state highway department bridge designer Conde McCullough, it was constructed by the Union Bridge Company based in Portland, Oregon. The steel truss structure was completed in 1926.Rollins, Ian. Are our bridges safe? Albany Democrat Herald, August 2, 2007.

When the bridge opened, the Albany-Corvallis Highway was completed.American Memory: Built in America: Albany Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at U.S. Highway 20, Albany, Linn County, OR. U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved on April 21, 2008. At the time the structure was named the Albany Bridge. In 1973, the neighboring Lyon Street Bridge was completed to the east to expand capacity to a total of four lanes between the two bridges. Ellsworth Street Bridge was refurbished in 1971 and 2002.NBI Structure Number: 01025D031 01044. NationalBridges.com. Retrieved on April 19, 2008. As of 2004, the bridge handled an average of 9,850 cars per day.

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Category:Buildings and structures in Oregon
Category:Bridges in the United States
Category:Concrete bridges
Category:Steel bridges