Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge, Gold Beach, Oregon
J. C. Miller took the photograph of the Patterson Bridge on this unused Smith-Western, Inc. card. A couple of weeks ago I shared a postcard with a picture of the Mary D. Hume ship at Gold Beach. Not far from that ship is this bridge that crosses the Rogue River from Gold Beach to Wedderburn, Oregon. There are two identifying numbers on the reverse; one at the upper left SPC-4057 and the other at the lower left corner, 211968.
The Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge, also known as the Rogue River Bridge and the Isaac Lee Patterson Memorial Bridge, is a concrete arch bridge that spans the Rogue River in Curry County, Oregon. The bridge is 1,938 ft or 591 m long and has seven 230 ft or 70 m deck arch spans and nine girder sections. The road bed is 27 ft or 8.2 m wide. The end piers rest on solid rock. The Mercer, Fraser Company of Eureka, California began construction in April 1930 and the bridge was opened for traffic in May of 1932. Conde McCullough, a Oregon bridge designer and highway engineer designed this bridge and a series of notable bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway in the 1930s. The Patterson Bridge has a strong Art Deco influence. Due to salt air the bridge has required extensive preventive maintenance. The bridge was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1982 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
This information sign about the bridge was on the dock
Distance view of the bridge from near the information sign
Closer views of the Art Deco bridge towers
The wreck of the Mary D. Hume in the foreground with the Patterson bridge in the distance
For additional information, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Lee_Patterson_Bridge
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