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Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Replacement Project Appendix B Draft Historic Resources Technical Report October 1, 2020 DRAFT OREGON INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES DRAFT SECTION 106 BRIDGE DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FORM Agency/Project: ODOT/Hood River—White Salmon Interstate Bridge Replacement Project ODOT Key No. 21280, Federal-Aid No. 0000(268) Structure Name and Number: Hood River—White Salmon Interstate Bridge No. 06645 City, County: Hood River, Hood River, OR Location: White Salmon, Klickitat, WA The Intersection of Button Bridge Road and Port Marina Drive East, Hood River, OR 97031 USGS Quad Name: General Class of Main Structure Township: 03N Range:10E Section: 25 Truss Arch Moveable Northing: 45.718339 Easting: 45.718339 Slab/Beam/Girder Other Structural Information: Dimensions: Date of Construction: 1924 (original Super Structure: Multiple Roadway Width: 18 feet construction), 1938 (substantial alterations) span steel truss bridge. 9.5 inches Designer: Harry Gray and E. M. Chandler, with Main Span: Pennsylvania- Structure Length: 4,418 C.B. Wing (consulting engineer) Petit Truss Movable Span. feet Contractor: Gilpin Construction Company (Charles Secondary Span(s): Pratt Structure Width: N. McDonald, Vice-President and construction Deck Truss. Approximately 25” supervisor) Floor/decking: Metal grate Floor/decking: Metal grate Alterations/moved (dates): Support Structure: Plaque Sidewalk 1938: Substantial bridge alterations related to Concrete Piers. construction of Bonneville Dam: fixed span Material: converted to lift span, and new piers and steel Concrete Steel spans installed. Wood 1951-52: Oregon tollbooth relocated, steel decking installed, and rail system reconstructed. 1961: Curbs and railings replaced. 1965: New tollbooth building. 1977: Electrical upgrades and spans welded. 1996: Seismic retrofit. 2003-04: Re-decking. Other Features: Tollbooth and canopy Condition: Integrity: Excellent Good Fair Poor Excellent Good Fair Poor OREGON INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES DRAFT SECTION 106: BRIDGE DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FORM Continuation Sheet Agency/Project: ODOT/Hood River—White Salmon Interstate Bridge Replacement Project ODOT Key No. 21280, Federal-Aid No. 0000(268) Structure Name and Number: City, County: Hood River, Hood River Hood River—White Salmon Interstate Bridge No. 06645 White Salmon, Klickitat Location: Spanning the Columbia River Looking northeast at the bridge, showing long approaches and central spans. (Source: Lys Opp- Beckman) Preliminary National Register Findings: National Register listed Potentially Eligible: Individually As part of District Name of District___________________________ As part of Multiple Property Submission Name of MPS_____________________________________ Not Eligible: In current state Irretrievable integrity loss Lacks Distinction Not 50 Years State Historic Preservation Office Comments: Concur Do Not Concur: Potentially Eligible Individually Potentially Eligible As part of District Not Eligible Signed ____________________________________________ Date ______________________________ Comments: Owner: Private Local Government State Federal Other Name: Port of Hood River Address: 1000 E. Port Marina Drive City, State, Zip: Hood River, OR 97031 Phone: (541) 386-1654 Surveyor/Agency Lys M. Opp-Beckman, M.S. Aqua Terra Cultural Resource Consultants Date Recorded: 08/2019 – rev. 03/2020 Substantially Revised and Augmented by Shoshana Jones, J.D., M.A., AECOM (03/06/2020) Pg 2 106 Documentation: Individual Properties OREGON INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES DRAFT SECTION 106: BRIDGE DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FORM Continuation Sheet Agency/Project: ODOT/Hood River—White Salmon Interstate Bridge Replacement Project ODOT Key No. 21280, Federal-Aid No. 0000(268) Structure Name and Number: City, County: Hood River, Hood River Hood River—White Salmon Interstate Bridge No. 06645 White Salmon, Klickitat Location: Spanning the Columbia River Significance: Technological Significance: Historical Significance: National Register Criteria: Represents the work of a master Associated with significant persons Criterion A Possesses high artistic values Associated with significant events or patterns Criterion B Represents a type, period or method of construction Contributes to historical district Criterion C DESCRIPTION The Hood River—White Salmon Interstate Bridge (hereinafter “Hood River Bridge”) was completed in 1924 and substantially modified in 1938. A 4,418-foot-long steel truss toll bridge, it spans the Columbia River between Hood River, Oregon, and White Salmon, Washington, and is located within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The bridge’s center span is a 262-foot riveted steel Pennsylvania-Petit through-truss vertical lift main span, which is a historic modification of the bridge’s original center fixed-span (Burrow et al. 2013:94). The Pennsylvania-Petit truss, a vertical lift design, was in use as early as 1875. Its design is derived from the Parker truss and modified with additional sub struts in the panels, curved top chords for through trusses, and curved bottom chords for deck spans. The Pennsylvania-Petit truss type was originally developed for use in long-span railroad bridges but was adapted for highway use by the 1880s (Parsons Brinkerhoff 2005). Spans for this historic design type in Oregon are typically 250 to 600 feet long (Burrow et al. 2013:xxii). The Hood River Bridge’s center span is flanked by 18 206-foot steel Pratt deck truss spans, 10 south of the main span and eight north of the main span. The bridge is supported by 20 reinforced concrete “dumbbell” piers and the lift span is located near the center of the bridge between piers 8 and 9, over the river’s main shipping channel. The horizontal clearance at the lift span is 246 feet. The bridge has vertical clearances of 148 feet in the fully open position and 67 feet in the closed position relative to 73.0 feet Mean Sea Level, which is the typical elevation of the Bonneville Pool, also known as the Columbia River Reservoir, which is the water body spanned by the bridge (Parsons Brinckerhoff 2001:9). The steel grate bridge deck provides two narrow travel lanes but no sidewalks or bikeways. The tollbooth, completed in 1965, is located at the bridge’s Oregon entrance. The tollbooth is a single-story, utilitarian building with a parapet roof and sheet metal siding that rests atop a poured concrete foundation. The tollbooth and adjacent roadway sections are sheltered by a front-gabled sheet metal canopy. The present building replaced the bridge’s original tollbooth. ELIGIBILITY DISCUSSION HISTORIC CONTEXT Design and Construction The Hood River Bridge was constructed in 1923-24 by the Oregon--Washington Bridge Company (OWBC) as a private toll bridge. It is the second oldest automobile crossing of the Columbia River between Oregon and Surveyor/Agency Lys M. Opp-Beckman, M.S. Aqua Terra Cultural Resource Consultants Date Recorded: 08/2019 – rev. 03/2020 Substantially Revised and Augmented by Shoshana Jones, J.D., M.A., AECOM (03/06/2020) Pg 3 106 Documentation: Individual Properties OREGON INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES DRAFT SECTION 106: BRIDGE DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FORM Continuation Sheet Agency/Project: ODOT/Hood River—White Salmon Interstate Bridge Replacement Project ODOT Key No. 21280, Federal-Aid No. 0000(268) Structure Name and Number: City, County: Hood River, Hood River Hood River—White Salmon Interstate Bridge No. 06645 White Salmon, Klickitat Location: Spanning the Columbia River Washington after the Interstate Bridge (1917), between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington (Burrow et al. 2013:94). Before the Hood River Bridge opened in 1924, the Hood River community had long sought a way to cross the river by vehicle. The OWBC partially funded bridge construction by convincing local residents to contribute money to the project. Members of Portland’s business community, anticipating increased commerce through improved transportation, also contributed $100,000 to the project (Dohnal 2003:126). After securing the necessary funds, the OWBC hired Gray & Chandler of Seattle to prepare the design. The firm’s principals were Henry L. Gray and Elbert M. Chandler, who happened to be president of the OWBC. Charles B. Wing, professor of civil engineering at Stanford University, was the consulting engineer who reviewed the plans. The OWBC hired the Portland-based Gilpin Construction Company (Gilpin) as the contractor (Potts 1923). Noted bridge builder and Gilpin vice-president Charles N. McDonald supervised construction of the Hood River Bridge. McDonald had worked on numerous bridge projects in the Pacific Northwest since 1887, such as the John Day Bridge (1888) for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company and steel bridges for the Astoria & Columbia River Railway and Northern Pacific Railway. His company constructed the Young’s Bay Bridge near Astoria (Potts 1923). McDonald was also the supervisor for construction of the Hawthorne (1910) and Steel (1912) bridges in Portland, and built other bridges in Spokane, Salem, and Albany. (The Hood River Bridge’s 1938 retrofit included a vertical-lift tower design based on the Hawthorne and Steel bridge designs). McDonald hired veteran crew members from his earlier bridge projects to work on the Hood River Bridge (Oregonian 1924- 05-11). The materials