Wahkeena Falls Footbridge and Masonry Guard Walls - Columbia River Highway Historic District
Posted by: BruceS
N 45° 34.455 W 122° 07.647
10T E 568079 N 5047115
Stone footbridge directly in front of Wahkeena Falls.
Waymark Code: WM5YD2
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2009
Views: 10
From the Historic District Nomination form:
Contributing Structures:
CS22. Structure: Wahkeena Falls Footbridge and Masonry Guard Walls
Location: HMP 31.6 Date: 1914
Designer: K. P. Billner, Oregon State Highway Dept.
Builder: Unknown
Owner: USDA Forest Service
This rubble masonry footbridge is 46 feet long and 8 feet wide and contains a semi-circular barrel arch with a 14-foot opening. The masonry guard walls, with concrete caps, continue east and west of the bridge for some distance. Simon Benson paid for the bridge's construction, as he did for the Mulmomah Falls Footbridge.