Astoria Bridge
The Astoria–Megler Bridge is a steel cantilever through-truss bridge in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States that spans the lower Columbia River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge connecting Washington state and Oregon, USA
- Also known as: “Astoria–Megler Bridge” and “Magler Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Astoria and United States lightship Columbia.
Fort Astoria
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Astoria was the primary fur trading post of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company. A maritime contingent of PFC staff was sent on board the Tonquin, while another party traveled overland from St. Louis. Fort Astoria is situated 2½ miles southeast of Astoria Bridge.
United States lightship Columbia
Museum
Photo: BigBen212, CC BY-SA 4.0.
United States lightship Columbia is a lightship located in Astoria, Oregon, United States of America. Columbia was formerly moored near the mouth of the Columbia River. United States lightship Columbia is situated 2½ miles southeast of Astoria Bridge.
Oregon Film Museum
Museum
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Oregon Film Museum is a museum highlighting and celebrating movies that were made in the U.S. state of Oregon. The museum is housed in the old Clatsop County Jail in Astoria, Oregon, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Oregon Film Museum is situated 2 miles southeast of Astoria Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Astoria and Megler.
Astoria
Photo: Farwestern, CC BY 3.0.
Astoria is a city on the Northern Oregon Coast. It is a small rainy town on the edge of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. It is famous for being the terminus for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the setting of the movie The Goonies, and its Victorian-era homes built into the hillside overlooking the Columbia River.
Megler
Hamlet
Megler is a small unincorporated community in Pacific County in the U.S. state of Washington. Named for legislator Joseph G. Megler, the community is at the mouth of the Columbia River on the north shore of the river. Megler is situated 2½ miles north of Astoria Bridge.
McGowan
Hamlet
Photo: Gayinspandex1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
McGowan was a stop on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company's narrow gauge line that ran on the Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Washington, United States from 1889 to 1930. McGowan is situated 3 miles northwest of Astoria Bridge.
Astoria Bridge
- Categories: truss bridge, toll bridge, and transportation
- Location: Clatsop, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.21393° or 46° 12′ 50″ northLongitude
-123.86187° or 123° 51′ 43″ westInception
July 29th, 1966Open location code
84RR647Q+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 981044000OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Astoria Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿斯托利亚-梅格勒大桥”
- Chinese: “阿斯托利亚－梅格勒大桥”
- Chinese: “阿斯托利亚—梅格勒大桥”
- Chinese: “阿斯托利亞－梅格勒大橋”
- Dutch: “Astoria-Megler Bridge”
- French: “Astoria-Megler Bridge”
- French: “Astoria–Megler Bridge”
- French: “pont Astoria-Megler”
- French: “Pont Astoria-Megler”
- French: “Pont Astoria–Megler”
- German: “Astoria Bridge”
- Hebrew: “גשר אסטוריה-מגלר”
- Italian: “Ponte Astoria-Megler”
- Polish: “Most Astoria-Megler”
- Russian: “Мост Астория — Меглер”
- Spanish: “puente Astoria-Megler”
- Spanish: “Puente Astoria-Megler”
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