Hayden Bridge Whipple Truss Deck Beam Bracing

Booth-Kelly Railroad Bridge (1882), now called Hayden Bridge, is a single span Whipple through truss spanning the McKenzie River in Springfield. A Whipple truss is a (stronger) variation of the Pratt truss, also called a “Double Intersection Pratt”, characterized by diagonal tension members crossing adjacent verticals, thereby spanning two panels instead of just one for the Pratt truss. It is considered the oldest surviving bridge in Oregon, while rare and significant for its wrought iron Phoenix columns. This bridge has been moved once. Originally built in 1882 by Phoenixville Bridge Works at Corrine, Utah, it was dismantled and relocated in 1901 to its current location to serve the since abandoned Weyerhaeuser Logging Railway. The bridge was abandoned in 1987, then decked for pedestrian use and reopened in 2019. Notable also is the use of longitudinal bracing rods beneath the bottom chord bracing the deck beams. Lane County, Oregon, USA.

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Booth-Kelly Railroad Bridge (1882), now called Hayden Bridge, is a single span Whipple through truss spanning the McKenzie River in Springfield. A Whipple truss is a (stronger) variation of the Pratt truss, also called a “Double Intersection Pratt”, characterized by diagonal tension members crossing adjacent verticals, thereby spanning two panels instead of just one for the Pratt truss. It is considered the oldest surviving bridge in Oregon, while rare and significant for its wrought iron Phoenix columns. This bridge has been moved once. Originally built in 1882 by Phoenixville Bridge Works at Corrine, Utah, it was dismantled and relocated in 1901 to its current location to serve the since abandoned Weyerhaeuser Logging Railway. The bridge was abandoned in 1987, then decked for pedestrian use and reopened in 2019. Notable also is the use of longitudinal bracing rods beneath the bottom chord bracing the deck beams. Lane County, Oregon, USA.