Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge

Rex T. Barber
Veterans Memorial Bridge

View from west in August 2011
Coordinates 44°23′35″N 121°11′35″W / 44.393°N 121.193°W / 44.393; -121.193Coordinates: 44°23′35″N 121°11′35″W / 44.393°N 121.193°W / 44.393; -121.193
Carries US 97
Crosses Crooked River
Locale Jefferson County, Oregon
Characteristics
Design concrete arch
Total length 410 feet (125.0 m)
Longest span 410 feet (125.0 m)
History
Opened 2000
Crooked River in central Oregon

The Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge is a concrete arch bridge in the western United States; it spans the Crooked River gorge in Jefferson County in central Oregon. Designed by T. Y. Lin International, the bridge was completed in 2000 to replace the Crooked River High Bridge. Parallel and west, the older bridge was built in 1926 and was not wide enough to accommodate increased traffic on US 97.

The bridge has an arch span of 410 feet (124.97 m) and is situated 300 feet (90 m) above the canyon floor. It was the first bridge in the United States to use a cast-in-place segmental method of construction.[1][2]

Initially named the Crooked River Bridge, it was renamed in 2003 for Rex T. Barber (1917–2001), a native of the area. A World War II fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater, Barber shot down the plane carrying Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in 1943.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "2000 Seventh Biennial Bridge Awards Competition". Portland Cement Association. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Crooked River Bridge". BridgePros.com. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  3. ↑ "Notable Oregonians: Rex T. Barber - WWII Fighter Pilot and Ace". Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved 2008-02-12.

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