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Talbot Bridge

2-21-2020
Talbot Bridge

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Notes

An HHR reader has graciously shared a collection of books his father, Bus Gibson, collected over his lifetime. One of the books is a compilation of hand coloered photographs of the Columbia River Highway shortly after it was built. This view shows the long gone Talbot Bridge, near Latourelle Falls. According to the accompanying text, the private landowner’s property was split by the new highway, so he built a bridge “in Japanese design” over the highway.

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  1. Kyle

    21st February 2020 @ 07:49 AM

    Gorgeous. Why is it gone? I guess if it was only used by the land owner, and he later had the lower part annexed by the state for the highway….?

  2. L.E.

    21st February 2020 @ 08:26 AM

    Beautiful. Wouldn't work so well for today's semi trucks.
    If you drive along the Columbia River and think about how first the railroad bisected properties, then 2 lane highways, and now freeways have made it totally impossible to leisurely enjoy your property on both sides.
    My husband's family had a small farm on the lower Columbia, with a road down to the steamboat landing on the river. When the railroad went in, the family had a right of way across the tracks to the landing. The railroad put in a crossing. Years later, when there was no longer a steamboat landing, the family would still use the crossing to walk or drive down to the river. But eventually, the railroad put in new tracks and eliminated the crossing.

  3. L.E.

    21st February 2020 @ 08:28 AM

    Even the fence is quite attractive.

  4. ArthurB

    21st February 2020 @ 11:10 AM

    I asked our friends at ODOT what happened to this bridge. They sent me a plan which shows it was made of wood. They're not sure what happened to it, but observe it likely deteriorated, or may have been removed because of limited horizontal and vertical clearance.

  5. Kenn

    24th February 2020 @ 08:18 AM

    Part of the abutments remain

  6. Kenn

    24th February 2020 @ 08:20 AM

    SteveR, thanks for sharing

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