A Long Stretch
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
A Long Stretch
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture & Enhancement
Description
The Yaquina Bay Bridge is an arch bridge that spans Yaquina Bay south of Newport, Oregon. It is one of the most recognizable of the Route 101 bridges designed by Conde McCullough. The Yaquina Bay Bridge is one of eleven major bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway designed by McCullough superseding the last ferry crossing on the highway.
The 600-foot main span is a semi-through arch, with the roadway penetrating the middle of the arch. It is flanked by identical 350-foot steel deck box girder arches, with five concrete deck arches of diminishing size extending to the south landing. The main arch is marked by tall obelisk-like concrete finials on the main piers, with smaller decorative elements marking the ends of the flanking spans.
The two-lane road is 27 feet wide, running inside the arches with two 3.5-foot sidewalks. The main arch is 246 feet above sea level at its crown. Overall length of the bridge is 3,260 feet, including concrete deck-girder approach spans. The navigable channel measures 400 feet wide by 133 feet high.
Image copyright 2018 Jon Burch Photography
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June 6th, 2018
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James Eddy
I like the way you have shown the length of the bridge. The black and white gives it a vintage look. I have taken a picture of this bridge from this direction before and it almost looked black and white without removing any color. Yours looks like it was taken at about the same time of day.