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Report on Trans-Columbia River Interstate Bridge studies. Technical bulletin no. 16. Oregon State Highway Department. . . .

1944 · ref. 52289 — Salem OR: Oregon State Highway Commission February 1944. 4to. Approx. 520 pp sections separately paginated some unpaginated. Frontispiece numerous maps many folding some in colour plans some folded tables diagrams some in colour and other text photographs and illustrations. Burgundy-coloured simulated calf gilt lettering on front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight rubbing still NF copy from library of Richard Rosecrans w/bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this remarkably scarce report prepared during the depths of World War II to detail the traffic flows needs road structures the loads of existing Columbia River Bridges at Hood River Cascade Locks and Longview together with proposed bridges to be built in order to facilitate economic growth in the Pacific Northwest Home Front. The proposed bridges included those at the Dalles Umatilla and Astoria which were eventually built but also pushed for far more crossings which have been resisted up to the present day. Of particular interest are the photos and descriptions of the types of commercial trucks and buses on the roads the service stations and support facilities for maintaining commerce and more. Oregon State Highway Commission, unknown