Hood River Bridge

Infobox_Bridge
bridge_name=Hood River Bridge

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crosses|Columbia River
maint=Port of Hood River
design=Through-truss with a vertical lift
mainspan=262 ft
length=4,755 ft
open=December 9, 1924
coordinates=coord|45.717976|N|121.495211|W|display=inline,title|name=Hood River Bridge
lat=45.71811
long=-121.49515

The Hood River Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Columbia River between Hood River, Oregon and White Salmon, Washington.

The bridge is currently the second oldest road bridge across the Columbia between Washington and Oregon. It was built by the Oregon-Washington Bridge Company and opened on December 9, 1924. The original name was the Waucoma Interstate Bridge.

Construction of the Bonneville Dam 23 miles downstream forced the bridge to be altered in 1938 to accommodate the resulting elevated river levels. On December 12, 1950 the Port of Hood River purchased the bridge from the Oregon-Washington Bridge Co. for $800,000.

The bridge is operated as a toll bridge by the Port of Hood River. Currently the tolls are set to $0.75 per axle for vehicles, and $0.50 for motorcycles. Bicycles and pedestrians are prohibited from crossing the bridge.

20 piers are used to support the total length of 4,418 ft (1347 m). When closed the vertical waterway clearance is 67 ft (20m). This increases to 148 ft (45 m) when the bridge is open, which typically happens once or twice a month. The horizontal waterway clearance of the lift span is 246 ft (75 m).

It is located at river mile 169, between Bridge of the Gods at RM 148 and The Dalles Bridge at RM 191.

External links

* [http://www.portofhoodriver.com/History/History-Bridge.htm Port of Hood River - History of the bridge]
* [http://www.rtc.wa.gov/Studies/SR35/docs/sr35BaselineConditionsReportES.htm Replacement bridge summary] , [http://www.rtc.wa.gov/Studies/SR35/docs/sr35BaselineConditionsReport.pdf Full Report] (10MB).
* [http://www.portofhoodriver.com/Bridge/FAQs.htm Steel deck replacement FAQ]

Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place = Columbia River
bridge = Hood River Bridge
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upstream = The Dalles Bridge
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downstream = Bridge of the Gods
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