Asotin County Memorial Bridge
Description
The town of Asotin was prepared to replace the wooden bridge carrying Meador Street across the Asotin Creek in the summer of 1919. That span, built in 1902 by the Caywood brothers, was badly deteriorated after twenty years heavy traffic and the effects of several floods. The town council and the county commission budgeted $10,500 for it to be torn down and replaced by a steel bridge spanning the creek at Second Street.A Fourth of July editorial in the Asotin County Sentinal led to the adoption of a proposal by Doctor S.D. Brazeau to scrap the plan for a new steel bridge and in its place erect an eye catching concrete arch to memorialize the local men who lost their lives in the recently ended Great War. The more elaborate span would cost $6,000 more than the sum allocated for the original project and this amount was raised through a private donation campaign. The first pledge was made by J.C. Halsey, whose son was the last of seven Asotin County residents killed in the conflict.
The finished bridge is a wide elliptical concrete arch topped by an ornamental balustrade. Four pillars with hammer brushed insets adorned with brass plaques listing the names of the area’s veterans and topped by Victorian street lamps mark its approaches. A spiral staircase at the north end leads to a small creekside park.
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Asotin Creek on Second Street in Asotin
- Location
- Asotin, Asotin County, Washington
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1920
- Builder
- - Security Bridge Co. of Billings, Montana
- Design
- Arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 105.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.7 ft.
- Also called
- Second Street Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +46.34028, -117.05594 (decimal degrees)
46°20'25" N, 117°03'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 11/495694/5131857 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Asotin
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 500
- Inventory number
- BH 34137 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of September 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Sufficiency rating: 57.6 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- April 20, 2020: Updated by Martin Johnson: correct Bridge company from Superior to Security Bridge Co., Lewiston, ID.
- April 20, 2018: Updated by Richard Doody: Added historical data to description
- April 15, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
- September 20, 2011: New photos from Michael Goff
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