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Coast bridges, State of Oregon – Vintage Print

Coast bridges, State of Oregon, 1939 — historic photograph
Coast bridges, State of Oregon, 1939. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Coast bridges, State of Oregon

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Overhead views of the Umpqua River crossing show how the bridge and its highway approaches meet the estuary's flat terrain. The Oregon coast highway took shape through the 1930s under the state's bridge engineer, Conde McCullough, whose concrete and steel spans along the shoreline became well-known landmarks. This print appeared in a 1939 Public Works Administration survey documenting completed federal projects, part of a broader effort to record New Deal public works architecture. The aerial angle makes it easy to see how the roads, river, and bridge fit into the surrounding landscape.

Created / published1939
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreBook illustrations 1930-1940.Aerial views 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesIllus. in: Survey of the architecture of completed projects of the Public Works Administration / C.W. Short, Public Works Administration [and] R. Stanley-Brown, Procurement Division ; Committee on Architectural Surveys.... [Washington : s.n.], 1939, v. 2, p. 0316.
SubjectsBridges--Oregon--1930-1940. Roads--Oregon--1930-1940. Umpqua River (Or.)--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,328 × 4,293 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-213840

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