K. A. Erickson

The National Bridge Inventory sometimes brings up ferries and occasionally docks/terminals. The only ferry currently in the Washington State Ferry System that might meet the dimensions is the Hiyu, and roughly the same age. I may take a look at the tunnel as I have a library book due soon and the Kitsap County Fair is right around the corner.

To the West of this bridge is a Native Growth Protection Area that forbids any sort of disruption, including road and bridge building. I have seen several of these near bridges in Snohomish County. Of course that will probably not stop the WSDOT from carrying out its mission to ... eliminate all historic bridges ... I mean make sure traffic flows ... poorly.

The arch carries Eastbound I-90, the westbound lanes are on a concrete stringer. Two spans on this one, the river, and an eddy.

The image is from the north side of the bridge which is an arch. When they renovated it later they added a second lane to accommodate bus traffic for the schools located to the west of the bridge. The newer section is not an arch but a slab. This can be seen when crawling underneath on the south.

Correct. That is the remnants from the First Beebe Bridge. It was built over a year, 1919 to 1920, to support irrigation pipes for a local fruit company, Beebe Orchards, and shortly afterwards traffic. Tolls were charged. The book "Spanning Washington" adds "Flocks of sheep traveling between winter and summer ranges crossed at one cent per head."

Before the side panels were added some point after initial construction the trusses were more noticeable. The chute starts at a building next to some railroad tracks, drops downhill across WA 3, and extends out over the bay where a barge usually sits.

Washington State DOT kicked off their 2010 construction season with a party on this bridge.

It will be replaced with a UCEB with river clearance just a few feet higher than the current one.