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CONTENTS

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Personnel of Columbia River Interstate Bridge Commission ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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General Calendar of Events ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Inscriptions ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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General Statement ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Description of Bridge ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Loads for Which the Bridge is Designed ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Special Features of Design ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Construction Methods and Experiences ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Franchise to Street Car Company ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Right-of—Way ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Quantities ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Cost of Construction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Maintenance ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Tolls ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Income and Traffic ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Lift Span Movements ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE Columbia River Interstate Bridge _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ . _ . _ _ . _ _ _ . _ . . _ _ _ - Frontispiece Vancouver End of Columbia River Bridge . . _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ --12 Oregon Slough Bridge as seen from Hayden Island __________________ __‘12 Columbia River Bridge as seen from Vancouver _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . _ -_19 Drawing, Floor Construction of Truss Spans _______________________ _-23 Lift Span Operating Machinery Assembled in.Shop _________________ __24 Columbia River Bridge as seen from Vancouver ____________________ --26 Drawing, Details of Typical Pier _________________________________ --28 Construction of Union Avenue Approach Embankment _ . . _ . _ _ _ , _ . . _ __30 Pile Driver Equipment used in Building Piers _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __34 Manufacturing the Steel. Trusses Assembled at Bridge Shop __________ _-36 Building the Piers, Removing Cofferdam ___________________________ __37 Erecting Through Truss Spans on Shore _ _ . . _ _ _ _ . , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ __39 Truss Spans on Launching Ways Ready for Moving _________________ ..40 Moving Completed Span Across River on Barges . _ . _ _ . _ . _ . _ _ _ . _ _ . _ . _ _-41 Embankment Construction, Bulkheads and Methods of Deposit _ _ _ _ _ . . _-43 Completed Embankment along Union Avenue Approach _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ __44 Opening Day Columbia River Interstate Bridge _ _ . _ _ _ . _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -_(il

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