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LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address: SE Stark St historic name:Stark Street Bridge
Troutdale vcty, Multnomah County current/other names:Auto Club Bridge Bridge# 11112
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr: twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:structure height (stories): total elig resources:1 total inelig resources:0
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status:
prim constr date:1914 second date: date indiv listed:
primary orig use: Road Related (vehicular) orig use comments:Bridge
second orig use:
primary style: Not Applicable prim style comments:Parker Pratt Truss
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: Steel siding comments:Riveted Connections
secondary siding:
plan type: Truss architect:
builder:
comments/notes:
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Statewide Steel Truss Bridge RLS 2013 Thematic Grouping 2013
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: N/A
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s): None
Special Assess Project(s): None
Federal Tax Project(s): None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Builders - American Bridge Co. of New York (Steel Fabricator) - Charles H. Purcell (Bridge Engineer) - George H. Griffin Inc. (Contractor) - Henry L. Bowlby (State Highway Engineer) - Karl P. Billner (Design Engineer) - Portland Bridge Co. (Contractor) Design Parker through truss with a polygonal Warren pony truss approach span. Dimensions Length of largest span: 200.0 ft. Total length: 277.9 ft. Deck width: 20.0 ft.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Refer to scanned documents links.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
Sanborn Maps Biographical Sources SHPO Files Interviews
Obituaries Newspapers State Archives Historic Photographs
City Directories Building Permits State Library
Local Library: University Library:
Historical Society: Other Respository:
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