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The Van Buren Street Bridge was a swing span, steel motor vehicle bridge spanning the Willamette River at Corvallis in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1]

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  1. 27 relations: Bypass (road), Chuck (engineering), Corkscrew, Corvallis, Oregon, Hawthorne Bridge, Linn County, Oregon, List of crossings of the Willamette River, National Register of Historic Places, Oregon, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Electric Railway, Oregon Legislative Assembly, Oregon Route 34, Oregon Route 99W, Pedestrian, Portland, Oregon, Rivet, Rotation, Rush hour, Steel Bridge, Storm, Swing bridge, Traffic congestion, Truss bridge, U.S. Route 20, West Coast of the United States, Willamette River.

  2. Bridges over the Willamette River
  3. Road bridges in Oregon
  4. Swing bridges in Oregon

Bypass (road)

A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, to improve road safety and as replacement for obsolete roads that no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic eruptions).

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Chuck (engineering)

A chuck is a specialized type of clamp used to hold an object with radial symmetry, especially a cylinder.

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Corkscrew

A corkscrew is a tool for drawing corks from wine bottles and other household bottles that may be sealed with corks.

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Corvallis, Oregon

Corvallis is a city in and the county seat of Benton County in central western Oregon, United States.

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Hawthorne Bridge

The Hawthorne Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, joining Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street. Van Buren Street Bridge and Hawthorne Bridge are bridges over the Willamette River, Parker truss bridges in the United States and Steel bridges in the United States.

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Linn County, Oregon

Linn County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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List of crossings of the Willamette River

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon from the Columbia River upstream to the confluence of the Middle Fork Willamette River and Coast Fork Willamette River.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Oregon Department of Transportation

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is a department of the state government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for systems of transportation. Van Buren Street Bridge and Oregon Department of Transportation are 1913 establishments in Oregon.

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Oregon Electric Railway

The Oregon Electric Railway (OE) was an interurban railroad line in the U.S. state of Oregon that linked Portland to Eugene.

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Oregon Legislative Assembly

The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the state legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Oregon Route 34

Oregon Route 34 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Oregon that runs between the city of Waldport on the Oregon Coast and the city of Lebanon in the western part of the state.

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Oregon Route 99W

Oregon Route 99W is a state-numbered route in Oregon, United States, that runs from OR 99 and OR 99E in Junction City north to I-5 in southwestern Portland.

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Pedestrian

A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.

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Rivet

A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener.

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Rotation

Rotation or rotational motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as axis of rotation.

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Rush hour

A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.

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Steel Bridge

The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, opened in 1912. Van Buren Street Bridge and Steel Bridge are bridges over the Willamette River, road bridges in Oregon, Steel bridges in the United States and swing bridges in Oregon.

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Storm

A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body.

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Swing bridge

A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis.

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Traffic congestion

Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing.

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Truss bridge

A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units.

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U.S. Route 20

U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England.

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West Coast of the United States

The West Coast of the United Statesalso known as the Pacific Coast, and the Western Seaboardis the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean.

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Willamette River

The Willamette River is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow.

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See also

Bridges over the Willamette River

Road bridges in Oregon

Swing bridges in Oregon

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Buren_Street_Bridge