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Wailuku River Bridge

Hawaii County, Hawaii

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Wailuku River Bridges

Looking upstream at the Wailuku River from the Hawaii Belt Road Bridge, a 422 ft long five span steel girder bridge built in 1950. In the foreground is the single span Puueo Arch Bridge. Behind it is a two span concrete haunched T girder bridge. Behind that is a waterfall.

Photo taken by Mark Yashinsky 2001 April

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

View this photo at bphod.com

BH Photo #246836

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Facts 

Overview
Rainbow arch bridge over Wailuku River on Keawe Street to the south and Puueo Street to the north
Location
Hawaii County, Hawaii
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1938
Builder
- Isemoto Contracting Co., Ltd
Design
Concrete through arch
Dimensions
Total length: 170.9 ft.
Also called
Puueo Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+19.72718, -155.08889   (decimal degrees)
19°43'38" N, 155°05'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
5/281079/2182639 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hilo
Average daily traffic (as of 1986)
2,200
Inventory number
BH 12688 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,403)
Built 1938 (879)
Built during 1930s (11,928)
Functionally obsolete (6,066)
Have street view (27,721)
Hawaii (253)
 Hawaii County, Hawaii (98)
Isemoto Contracting Co., Ltd (1)
Open (40,265)
Owned by county (21,234)
Rainbow arch (251)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,037)

Update Log 

  • August 24, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 12, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • December 19, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • December 19, 2015: New Street View added by Clark Vance
  • January 14, 2013: Photo imported by Fmiser
  • January 13, 2013: Photo imported by Fmiser
  • January 12, 2013: Updated by Fmiser: Added alternate name
  • March 12, 2012: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • March 22, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added GPS

Sources 

  • Dana and Kay Klein
  • Nathan Holth
  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Geoff Hubbs

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