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Van Buren Street Bridge

The Van Buren Street Bridge is a swing span, steel motor vehicle bridge spanning the Willamette River at Corvallis in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in 1913, the black colored bridge was the first bridge across the river at Corvallis and is now the third oldest bridge across the river. Owned by the state and maintained by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), the long span is of a through truss design and carries one lane of traffic of Oregon Route 34 eastbound from Corvallis into neighboring Linn County. The bridge no longer is able to swing open.
==History==
About 1860 a ferry started crossing the Willamette River at Corvallis. Benton County legislators were able to secure approval to build a bridge at the site as early as 1889.〔 Meanwhile, the county bought the ferry in 1902 and removed the crossing fee.〔 Plans for the bridge across the river were created by Benton County in 1910, and in February 1911 the Oregon Legislature passed a bill that approved the plan to build the bridge. The county signed a contract with the Coast Bridge Company for the steel for a bridge in January 1912.
Work began about June 1912 after a legal delay over funding was resolved, with Corvallis agreeing to pay a larger portion of the project. In November 1912, Corvallis residents passed a bond measure to allow for the city’s portion of funding of the bridge. This vote was the first time women were allowed to vote in a Corvallis election.〔 Construction was completed by the Coast Bridge Company on the project that would cost $70,000〔 to build. Andrew J. Porter was the designer of the span. Funds came from the city, Linn County, private donations, and the largest portion from Benton County.〔 The span was completed in February 1913,〔 with a dedication ceremony on March 11 attended by the mayors of Corvallis and Philomath, as well as the judges for Linn and Benton counties.〔〔 Built as a vehicle crossing, the Oregon Electric Railway had tracks leading to the east side of the bridge shortly after the bridge opened.
The road across the span was originally two-way, plus there was a sidewalk along the south side.〔The Van Buren Street Bridge. Benton County Historical Society. Sign in Riverfront Park, Corvallis, Oregon.〕 On January 25, 1914, the span unexpectedly opened during a windstorm, and trapped a young man on the open swing span section until the bridge operators could row out to the center span and use the turn-key to put the span back into proper position.〔 The state took over ownership of the span in 1938.〔 In June 1952, the span was opened for the first time in 25 years to allow an Army Corp of Engineers vessel to pass, and the span opened for the final time in October 1960.〔 In the 1980s the swivel became inoperable.〔 The bridge was nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places about 2006.〔 In March 2007, planned maintenance and re-painting began on the bridge, closing the bridge to traffic at times. The $2.5 million project was completed in October 2007.

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