Oregon Coast Real Estate Knowledge Center: Coast Aerial Tours featuring Aerial Image Tours of the Central Oregon Coast Real Estate Market.
South Aerial Guide Overview - Tour Two
Alsea Bay Bridge - The Historic Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center
The Oregon Coast contains one of the most magnificent sets of concrete bridges found in America, with the majority of these bridges created by Conde B. McCullough, Oregon’s Master Bridge Builder. McCullough was instrumental in building a large number of bridges throughout all of Oregon, with some of his most acclaimed bridges built along the Oregon Coast Highway System including the first bridge made in America using a concrete tied-arch design. These bridges were constructed utilizing the most advanced techniques at the time and reflected European Design Concepts featuring Roman Influences and Art Deco Finishes including his signature design style of incorporating arches into the bridge structures. McCullough’s designs exemplified functional brilliance working in harmony with the surrounding environment to create an architectural elegance to the bridge itself. One of his beloved bridges was the Alsea Bay Bridge completed in 1936 providing access over the waters of the Alsea Bay Estuary. Over time, the bridge began to deteriorate to the point where the Oregon Department of Transportation decided to replace it with a new one expected to last at least 100 years. In 1991, the replacement bridge and the new Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center were dedicated to the public. The Alsea Bay Interpretive Center offers displays covering the replacement bridge project plus historical information concerning the evolution of transportation development along the Oregon Coast.
Photo of the Alsea Bay Bridge spanning the waters of the Alsea Bay Estuary, a bridge dedicated to the public in 1991 replacing the original historic bridge of 1936 designed and constructed under the purview of Oregon’s famed bridge architect Conde B. McCullough and now the first McCullough Designed Bridge built on the Oregon Coast Highway System to be replaced in its entirety by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Photo of the Alsea Bay Bridge completed in 1991 featuring the Alsea Bay North Wayside located on the north side of the bridge providing access to the bridge span and to a historical marker noting the height above the water together with the Historic Alsea Bay Bridge Interpretive Center built on the south end of the bridge featuring a cultural center covering the story of the bridge replacement of the Alsea Bay Bridge plus interpretive displays sharing the history of transportation development along the Oregon Coast.
Photo of the steel arch structure implemented within the design of the Alsea Bay Bridge weighing almost three million pounds, a lasting tribute to the original bridge design work completed by Conde Balcom McCullough, and now the replacement bridge carries the new distinction as being the largest Y-Supported Bridge Design constructed in America.


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