Rating:
34212
{95}%
2 votes
Central Ferry Bridge
Photos
Overview
Looking east from just off WA 127 on the Whitman County end of bridge
Photo taken by Karl Sweitzer in August 2008
Enlarge
BH Photo #124617
Cost
From a 1969 Army Corps of Engineers report
A $2,998,867 contract was awarded through agreement with Washington State Highway Department for construction of Central Ferry Bridge on State Highway No. 127 (formerly No. 295).
Facts
- Overview
- Steel through arch bridge over Snake River on WA 127
- Location
- Garfield County, Washington, and Whitman County, Washington
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1969 with building of Little Goose Dam
- Design
- Steel through arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 520.0 ft.
Total length: 1,831.1 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.8 ft.
- Also called
- Elmer C. Huntley Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +46.62600, -117.79830 (decimal degrees)
46°37'34" N, 117°47'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 11/438886/5163913 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Central Ferry
- Elevation
- 642 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 891
- Inventory number
- BH 34212 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of July 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- December 2, 2018: New photos from Leslie R Trick
- April 16, 2018: New photo from Richard Doody
- March 22, 2018: Updated by Andy Peters: adds Elmer C. Huntley Bridge alternate name
- September 14, 2008: Essay added by Karl Sweitzer
Sources
- Karl Sweitzer - kesc [at] pacbell [dot] net
- Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Richard Doody
- Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com