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{{Infobox Bridge
| bridge_name = Crooked River (High) Bridge
| image = CrookedRiverHighBridge.jpg
| carries = {{jct|state=OR|US|97}}
| crosses = Crooked River
| locale = [[Jefferson County, Oregon]]
| design = steel deck [[arch bridge|arch]]
| mainspan = {{convert|330|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|464|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| open = 1926
| caption = Crooked River High Bridge with Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge visible behind
| coordinates = {{Coord|44|23|33|N|121|11|39|W|display=inline,title}}
}}

The '''Crooked River High Bridge''' is a steel [[arch bridge]] that spans the [[Crooked River (Oregon)|Crooked River]] gorge in [[Jefferson County, Oregon]]. The bridge was designed by [[Conde McCullough]] and was completed in 1926. Shortly after its completion, Oregon State Highway Division created the [[Peter Skene Ogden]] Park just to the south of the bridge.

The bridge has a total length of {{convert|464|ft|m}} with a main span of {{convert|330|ft|m}}. The deck is {{convert|295|ft|m}} above the canyon floor. The bridge was eventually unable to keep up with the growing traffic demands of [[U.S. Route 97 in Oregon|US&nbsp;97]] (US&nbsp;97), and was replaced by the wider [[Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge]] in 2000. The old bridge is open to pedestrians.

==See also==
*{{Portal-inline|Transport}}
*{{Portal-inline|Engineering}}
*{{Portal-inline|Oregon}}
*[[List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon]]
*[[List of bridges in the United States by height]]

==References==
*{{Cite book |title=Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C. B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder |last1=Hadlow |first1=Robert W. |publisher=Oregon State University Press |date=2001 |isbn=0-87071-534-8}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010420164709/http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_50.php?md=pic Oregon State Parks panoramic image]
*{{Structurae|id=20004514|title=Crooked River Bridge}}
*{{HAER |survey=OR-35 |id=or0302 |title=Crooked River High Bridge, Spanning Crooked River Gorge at Dalles-California Highway, Terrebonne, Deschutes County, OR |photos=20 |data=5 |cap=3}}

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[[Category:Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1926]]
[[Category:Road bridges in Oregon]]
[[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon]]
[[Category:Bridges by Conde McCullough]]
[[Category:U.S. Route 97]]
[[Category:Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System]]
[[Category:1926 establishments in Oregon]]
[[Category:Steel bridges in the United States]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Oregon]]


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