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A Conde B. McCullough Memorial Bridge, erst a Coos Bay Bridge, occurs as cantilever bridge that spans Coos Bay near Coos Bay, Oregon.

A bridge was completed inside 1936. It was dedicated to the designer, Conde McCullough, in 1947. Because of the trunk call & heavy trafficked transport channel, the cantilever construction was deemed necessary. McCullough's center architectural beauty is evident possibly in the often unpleasant appearance of cantilever bridges.

A bridge is 5,305 foot (I.Sextet kilometer) inside length & was a hanker bridge inside Oregon at a instance of its completion. the 793 foot (242 m) main span has 150 foot (46 m) of vertical clearance & is section of a 1708 foot (521 m) hanker steel cantilever span. A rest of the bridge is composed of concrete arches extra average of McCullough's designs. A aggregate prices of the bridge was $2,143,400.

Now, a bridge is the official symbol of the City of N Bend, Oregon.

Conde McCullough
Portrait and brief career notes from the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Conde B. McCullough
Biography and related resources from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Conde McCullough
Biography with a listing of some of McCullough's bridges.






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