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Photograph of the sunset beyond the Astoria-Megler Bridge, a steel cantilever through truss bridge that spans the mouth of the Columbia River, between Astoria, Oregon, and Point Ellice, near Megler, Washington.
The Astoria-Megler Bridge, a steel cantilever through truss bridge that spans the mouth of the Columbia River, between Astoria, Oregon, and Point Ellice, near Megler, Washington. Opened in 1966, it is (as of 2024) the longest continuous truss bridge in North America. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer, 2018. From the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Truss: Bird or Bridge?

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