1880's: (Archived Bridge Hunter) Grants Pass Bridge
1909: (Archived Bridge Hunter) Market Road Bridge1931,2019: (Broken Archived Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite) Caveman Bridge
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| BridgeHunter_1880's, Courtesy of the Josephine County Historical Society |
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| Street View, May 2019 |
The 167.6m (550') bridge has three 150' spans. [structurae]
It looks like the arches are steel box girders. But looks can be deceiving. They are concrete arches. "The name of the bridge comes from the fact that numerous prehistoric peoples once lived in the caves that can be found in the nearby hills and mountains." [PremierCareDental]
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| Street View, Apr 2024 |
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| Visit Grants Pass posted The 1931 Caveman Bridge in Grants Pass spans the Rogue River and serves as the gateway to the Redwood Highway. If you’ve travelled around Oregon enough, you’d know the state’s historic bridges share a particular and distinctive style. That’s because a good portion of them were designed by Conde McCullough, famous for his use of Gothic spires, art deco obelisks, and Romanesque arches incorporated into the bridges. Throughout his lengthy career, he designed over 600 bridges, many of which can be found throughout Oregon. |
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| Jasman Lion Mander posted Comet Tcushinchan setting over 6th St Bridge in Grants Pass, Oregon. [Oct 14, 2024] |
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| ODOT Flickr |
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| ODOT Flickr Historic Postcard of Caveman Bridge Picture postcards of scenes such as Caveman Bridge sent to family and friends were the Facebook and Flickr of their day. |
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| ODOT Flickr Caveman Bridge Construction Graphic at a glance A graphic of the planned reconstruction of Caveman Bridge in Grants Pass, Oregon [These ODOT photos come from an album that contains many photos of the reconstruction work.] |
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