Conde McCullough | |
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 Conde B. McCullough | |
| Born | (1887-05-30)May 30, 1887 |
| Died | May 6, 1946(1946-05-06) (aged 58) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Projects | Crooked River High Bridge Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge Umpqua River Bridge Siuslaw River Bridge Original Alsea Bay Bridge Cape Creek Bridge Big Creek Bridge Ten Mile Creek Bridge Depoe Bay Bridge Yaquina Bay Bridge |
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Conde Balcom McCullough (May 30, 1887 – May 6, 1946) was an Americancivilengineer who is primarily known for designing many ofOregon's coastal bridges onU.S. Route 101.[1] The native ofSouth Dakota worked for theOregon Department of Transportation from 1919 to 1935 and 1937 until he died in 1946. McCullough also was a professor atOregon State University.
Conde McCullough was born inRedfield,South Dakota, on May 30, 1887.[2] In 1891, he and his family moved toIowa, where his father died in 1904.[2] McCullough then worked at various jobs to support the family.[2] In 1910, he graduated fromIowa State University with acivil engineering degree.[3]
McCullough began working for the Marsh Bridge Company inDes Moines, Iowa, where he remained for one year.[2] He then went to work for theIowa State Highway Commission.[2] He moved to Oregon in 1916 and became an assistant professor of civil engineering atOregon Agricultural College, and the sole structural engineering professor at the school.[2] In 1919, he became the head of the Bridge Division of theOregon Department of Transportation, making him personally responsible for the design of Oregon's bridges at a time when the state was completing Highway 101. His first bridge ODT was the bridge in the town called Rock Point 1919. Concrete pillars are still visible on both sides of the Rogue River.
His designs are well known for their architectural beauty.[4] McCullough advocated that bridges be built economically, efficiently, and with beauty.[1] He helped design over 600 bridges, many with architectural details such as Gothic spires, art deco obelisks, and Romanesque arches incorporated into the bridges.[5] In 1928, he graduated fromWillamette University College of Law and passed thebar the same year.[6] In 1935, he moved toSan José, Costa Rica, to help design bridges on thePan-American Highway. He returned to Oregon in 1937 to become the assistant state highway engineer.
In 1934, McCullough was granted an honorary doctorate from Oregon State University.[6] He publishedThe Engineer at Law with his son John McCullough who also was an attorney.[6] McCullough died of a stroke at his home inSalem, Oregon, on May 6, 1946.[7] He was close to his 59th birthday. He was interred in the Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum atCity View Cemetery in Salem. His wife Marie was interred there after her death in 1954. Following McCullough's death, the state ofOregon renamed theNorth Bend Bridge in his honor.
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