1910+1944+1999 Hawthorne Bridge over Willamette River in Portland, OR

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"The country's oldest operating vertical lift bridge was built in 1910 & is among Portland's busiest." [GoogleMaps sidebar]

"Built 1910; Rehabilitated 1944, Rehabilitated & Painted in 1999" [Bridge Hunter]

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2. Perspective view from southwest - Hawthorne Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Hawthorne Boulevard & Madison Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

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The Hawthorne Bridge is the oldest extant highway bridge in Portland, Oregon. It was designed by J.A.L. Waddell, at that time America's pioneer in major vertical lift bridges, and was the third major vertical lift bridge built in the United States. Waddell's two earlier vertical lift bridges, the South Halstead Street Bridge in Chicago (1892), and the Keithsburg Bridge in Keithsburg, Illinois (1910), have been replaced, thus making the Hawthorne Bridge the oldest extant major vertical lift bridge in the United States.  [HAER-data]

Harold Bruegeman posted two photos with the comment: "lift bridge in Portland Oregon 07-17-2018."

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11. Engine room and reduction gears atop central span - Hawthorne Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Hawthorne Boulevard & Madison Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Phil Block posted

Hawthorne Bridge

It is the oldest vertical-lift bridge in operation in the United States. Over 8,000 cyclists and 800 TriMet buses use the bridge daily. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Josh Schield commented on Phil's post
Not the oldest than this. But This is not vertical though. That why not count. But this one is the oldest in America and largest n quickest lifting bridge in the world. Duluth Minnesota
[It is a lift bridge now, but it was built as an aerial bridge.]