1936: A “Beautiful Example” of a Bridge in Oregon First Goes into Service

September 6, 1936 In Oregon, the Yaquina Bay Bridge — nearly a month before its official dedication ceremony — was opened to traffic on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend starting at 8:00 a.m. This 3,260-foot (990-meter)-long arch bridge carries U.S. Highway 1 (formally classified as the Oregon Coast Highway) over a section of Yaquina Bay […]

1936: A “Beautiful Example” of a Bridge in Oregon First Goes into Service

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