The Yaquina Bay Bridge is an arch bridge that spans Yaquina Bay south of Newport, Oregon. It is one of the most recognizable of the U.S. Route 101 bridges designed by Conde McCullough and one of eleven major bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway designed by him. It superseded the last ferry crossing on the highway.
Yaquina Bay Bridge
The main span
From the roadway
The interior of the bridge
Yaquina Bay is a coastal estuarine community found in Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay is a semi-enclosed body of water, approximately 8 km2 (3.2 mi2) in area, with free connection to the Pacific Ocean, but also diluted with freshwater from the Yaquina River land drainage. The Bay is traversed by the Yaquina Bay Bridge.
A June 1990 aerial photo of Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon
A steamboat leaves Yaquina Bay in 1910
Recreational boats on Yaquina Bay in January 2004
Yaquina Bay jetties in February 2013