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Broadway Bridge, McCormick Pier (2002), Willamette River
 
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Location: Portland, Oregon
This Photo: Taken from the Steel Bridge facing Northwest. McCormick Pier Condos are on the left side on the river bank; behind them is Union Station. The bridges you see are the Broadway Bridge and the Fremont Bridge behind that. The Pearl District is off to the upper left in the photograph.
Broadway Bridge: Finished in 1913, this drawbridge marks the transition of Broadway Street
from North-South (west side) to East-West (east side). The Broadway bridge
is a unique double-leaf bascule span construction, 1,736 feet long, and
was designed by Ralph Modjeski [1]. Modjeski was another world-famous
bridge designer noted for, among other things, the Ben Franklin Bridge
over the Delaware River between Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ.
Modjeski also worked on other Oregon bridge projects between 1905-1915 [2].
References:
[2] Petroski, Henry. Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders
and the Spanning of America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
1995. P. 173.[1] Smith, Dwight. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon. Second
Edition. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1989. P. 116.
| PhotoID D300CRW05188 Specifications: | |
| Size: | 2160x1440 pixels, 300DPI up to 7.20" x 4.80" |
| Largest Print Size: | Great Prints up to 16"x24" in size (larger may still be acceptable in some cases) |
| Camera Exposure/Specs: | 1/60 Sec, f11, ISO 100, Lens 28.0 to 135.0 at 30mm |
| Shoot Time/Day: | 03/30/2002 - 11:39 PST |
