# Time Lapse of a Bridge Move in Portland, Oregon

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 21, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-lapse-of-a-bridge-move-in-portland-oregon/647960 "2013-01-21T23:48:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-lapse-of-a-bridge-move-in-portland-oregon/647960/1 "2013-01-21T23:48:35Z")

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Warning: I couldn’t get this video to play in Firefox. I had to use IE. YMMV.

Buy those engineers a beer!

[http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2013/01/time\_lapse\_of\_sellwood\_bridge.html](http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2013/01/time_lapse_of_sellwood_bridge.html)

Here’s a great photo essay of the move:

[http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2013/01/sellwood\_bridge\_moves\_inch\_by.html](http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2013/01/sellwood_bridge_moves_inch_by.html)

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-lapse-of-a-bridge-move-in-portland-oregon/647960/2 "2013-01-22T03:36:09Z")

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For a bridge that can boogie, take a look at the films of Galloping Gertie. There are several on YouTube to choose from.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-lapse-of-a-bridge-move-in-portland-oregon/647960/3 "2013-01-22T03:54:00Z")

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> [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](#):
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> Warning: I couldn’t get this video to play in Firefox. I had to use IE. YMMV.
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> Buy those engineers a beer!
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> [http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2013/01/time\_lapse\_of\_sellwood\_bridge.html](http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2013/01/time_lapse_of_sellwood_bridge.html)
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> Here’s a great photo essay of the move:
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> [http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2013/01/sellwood\_bridge\_moves\_inch\_by.html](http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2013/01/sellwood_bridge_moves_inch_by.html)

We spent about half the day down there with some friends who have a condo next to the river. Shots and beer and munchies. Gotta say that watching the bridge shoo-fly was like watching paint dry, though.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-lapse-of-a-bridge-move-in-portland-oregon/647960/4 "2013-01-23T16:15:35Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> For a bridge that can boogie, take a look at the films of Galloping Gertie. There are several on YouTube to choose from.

Yeah, that one is a classic.

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-lapse-of-a-bridge-move-in-portland-oregon/647960/5 "2013-01-24T07:40:49Z")

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> [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](#):
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> Warning: I couldn’t get this video to play in Firefox. I had to use IE. YMMV.

It worked for me.