Bridges of the Oregon Coast along Highway 101

[@rfdoss6565]

For years I have drank morning coffee at River Roasters Coffee on the back deck/patio enjoying a cup and the view of the Siuslaw River Bridge fron the up river side.Very pleasant enjoyable time.

[@Kiefer_Unmanned_Aviation]

I’ve crossed all of them

[@reneeparker7475]

I love our coast bridges. I've crossed most of them, but I still have three to experience; the two bridges closest to California and the Astoria-Megler. Conde McCollough was both an excellent engineer and artist. My favorite is the Yaquina Bay because I love Newport and it gets me to Depoe Bay, which is my very favorite coastal town, Thanks for showing me the drive that's on my bucket list, but I want to do it from north to south.

[@mwngw]

Wow, great memories of the Oregon coast. Coquille is pronounced "Koh-Keel."

[@jaymacpherson8167]

Great idea, thank you. My favorite is the bridge at North Bend. There are certain times of the day and weather conditions that provide a glorious visual at this bridge. I’ve often thought of stopping to take photos there, yet haven’t as I am typically working during 99+% of my transits. Btw…Coquille is pronounced “co-keel.”

[@bw-leftturnracing7779]

I went over the Astoria bridge at sunset one day. It was a view I'll never forget

[@InterstateKyle]

I'm sure that was a great experience!

[@kitrinkabrockley6126]

Thank you for this video. Am planning a trip along the Oregon coast and afraid of both heights and water. Your video has allowed me to be able to see that I will be able to drive Hwy 101 along the OR coast.

[@briane173]

I travel the Astoria-Megler Bridge frequently, as I live in the Portland/Vancouver area but have a beach house on the Long Beach Peninsula. It initially freaked me out, as it's only two lanes and quite narrow, and when you get up to the top where it's 200 feet above the river, you can get a little acrophobic. But after taking the bridge numerous times now it's not as intimidating. I agree, the north stretch of the bridge is more of a causeway than a bridge; but it stays above river level the entire way and is plenty high enough for fisherman to take their boats along that stretch of the bridge to fish, and they do quite well in that area as the river is very shallow there.

[@elizabethorsillo7187]

Bucket list material here! Would love to drive across or even just see these bridges in person! That Conde McCullough guy was definitely brilliant!

[@InterstateKyle]

I hope you get to drive them someday!

[@jamespell8526]

Exciting to drive northbound over the Astoria bridge, in a 40 foot motor home towing a car! That steep drop will take your breath away! Don't take your eyes off the centerline!

[@richardmoramarco6754]

Going south towing a large 5th wheel was an experience going down the south end with a curve at the bottom. 😮

[@spencermcanulty2048]

Well done! Very informative. As a coast resident I’ve driven over them all.

[@mikevollmer3579]

Another excellent video 👍

[@InterstateKyle]

Thank you Mike!

[@beesilverbee]

Fun tour, thank you; my favorite too would be Yaquina I suppose. When living, my grandparents lived in Waldport, then later in the Newport area. We often went to the little harbor at Depoe Bay so my dad could look at the boats - he always wanted one but never got one. If interested, there is an Images of America book (series of books found in most tourist shops) by Ray Bottenberg called Bridges of the Oregon Coast. He is/was an engineer for ODOT.

[@hotwheelscrazy2.o371]

And there's actually a family fun center down the road from that 5:29 With go-karts and dune buggy rides, the go-karts are the funnest and bumper boats

[@LTBRAD06]

Great content ...that dude was a legend need to see those next time go

[@InterstateKyle]

Thank you!

[@Rikrik1138]

I’ve been over all these bridges before. It’s an exhilarating drive. But since I’ve moved out to the Southeast, I’ve found that Louisiana is the king of the bridges. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is a must drive for any bridge lover, at a whopping 23.8 miles. It’s the longest continuous bridge over water in the world.

[@willgibson9718]

You forgot it is a Vertical-lift bridge 2:55

[@StevenEveral]

Yaquina Bay Bridge near Newport is my personal favorite bridge. I often go out to Newport with my sister and her family whenever I'm in town since they live near Corvallis, just up Highway 20. My favorite experience driving across the Astoria Bridge was once when I drove across it in heavy fog. Once I got to that long straightaway section heading towards the Washington side, I couldn't see the bridge anymore in my rearview mirror or see the land on the other end of the bridge. It was like driving on some strange highway out in the middle of the ocean, it was interesting but very surreal.

[@briane173]

I haven't had that experience yet. Been over the Astoria-Megler Bridge several times but it was always either crystal clear out or overcast; never fog.

[@InterstateKyle]

That one is my favorite as well!

[@mikeschock9225]

All of the McCullough bridges are my favorites and then the Astoria Bridge. It’s always so cool to cross that bridge!

[@InterstateKyle]

It's hard to pick between all of them. He did a great job designing the bridges!

[@briane173]

@@InterstateKyle The only thing McCullough didn't design for, because he could never have known back then, was the potential for the Cascadia Margin to slip and create a megaquake and tsunami. We've only known since the late 1980s about the Cascadia Subduction Zone, but now that we know, these cantilever bridges with their slight structures are _very_ susceptible to collapse from the megaquake. Probably not the tsunami so much as the shaking. Retrofitting them I think is out of the question; the costs are too great. We're just gonna have to wait it out and hope none of that happens in our lifetimes. I think the Astoria-Megler Bridge is particularly susceptible to damage or collapse from a megaquake, just on account of it's so high up where the shipping channel is. I'm left to hope that we don't find out the hard way.

[@johncarlolanoy729]

Thanks for sharing!

[@santanagarza1313]

Fun fact: I crossed all the bridges from coos bay - Washington on the 101 including the Astoria Megler bridge.

[@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813]

Astoria - Megler Bridge I pretty the reasonwhy Astoria - Megler Bridge is popular is because of the Goonies

[@briane173]

The town of Astoria itself is now iconic for the same reason - that movie plus _Kindergarten Cop._

[@InterstateKyle]

I love that movie!

[@dvferyance]

And short circuit.

[@willgibson9718]

Can you please make a video about the hood river bridge with your Voice?

[@dvferyance]

I just came here to see the short circuit bridge.

[@briane173]

There are as many pronunciations of "Siuslaw" as there are letters in "Siuslaw." I heard another one today where it was pronounced SHOO·slahv. I'm sticking with my long-held pronunciation of SYEW·slaw ("you"). I've lived up here 35 years, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. _Yours_ is probably the correct one, though.

[@InterstateKyle]

Yeah, I can imagine the different dialects over there too. Definitely had to research a few pronunciations before doing the recording of this video!

[@hotwheelscrazy2.o371]

I was actually born in Florence and you can't just go to Florence without checking out Moe's and eating their clam chowder😂 There's a old restaurant down there that used to be a old fashioned car restaurant, but when the owner died it became a Chinese restaurant but they actually kept the cars on the inside because they had like seats that have cars. Pretty cool for what they were And then a good ice cream shop across the street from Moe's and down the road. From, Fred Meyers But it gets pretty cold down there. Kind of glad I don't live down there. I live in Eugene instead And for anybody that wants to know the motels down there that say they have heated pools is a lie. Do not trust what those signs say. They are not heated swimming pools. They're more like ice baths😂

[@yoyline]

Lol I cross that green bridge every day

[@barbaradarnell7376]

Coquille is pronounced ko-keel