Aurora Avenue Bridge
Photos
Overview.
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #193607
Facts
- Overview
- Deck truss bridge over Lake Union on Aurora Ave./WA 99 in Seattle
- Location
- Seattle, King County, Washington
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1931
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (Steel Fabrication & Erection)
- Jacobs & Ober (Design Firm)
- N. Nygren (Contractor)
- Pacific Bridge Co. of Portland, Oregon (Contractor)
- Design
- Cantilevered deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 799.9 ft.
Total length: 2,955.2 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 56.4 ft.
- Also called
- Lake Union Bridge
Aurora Bridge
George Washington Memorial Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +47.64684, -122.34741 (decimal degrees)
47°38'49" N, 122°20'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/549011/5277255 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Seattle North
- Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
- 58,319
- Inventory number
- BH 34298 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of August 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 46.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 26, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 29, 2018: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Added "Troll" per forum
- July 21, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- April 8, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
- October 24, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- September 3, 2013: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added category "Troll"
- May 27, 2013: New photo from Jann Mayer
- February 14, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: Merged HAER Photos
- December 10, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- HAER WA-107 - Aurora Avenue Bridge
- Wikipedia - Aurora Bridge
- American Bridge - Aurora Bridge Project Webpage
- Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Washington State DOT - bridge repainting / pedestrian rail repair project; Summer 2015
- Richard Doody
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Geoff Hubbs
- Engineering News-Record 1932-06-30: Vol 108 Iss 26
Comments
Bruckentroll
That is so cool!A troll at the end of Troll avenue!Whoever dreamt this up really had a sense of humor!
The HAER report and a couple of other histories make no mention of a toll.
I don't believe there is currently a "troll" category.
Roger;
Yeah, I saw the troll sculpture, and assumed no error on your part. Just curious if there was a "Troll" category when you added it as cited, and did some well meaning editor change it to "toll", or was this actually also once a toll bridge?
If this bridge was never a toll bridge, the category needs to be changed back to "Troll", and then there would be 2 - one in iowa is signed "Troll bridge".
Just for fun.
There is indeed a troll under this bridge, one of the more famous bridge trolls anywhere. This troll is a notable Seattle landmark. You can see it in one of the street views.
...very clever indeed...
There's this citation:
"September 3, 2013: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added category "Troll" "
But in the categories it shows "Toll"
Is there even a "Troll" category? There should be...
Has this bridge ever had a toll?
...and this Iowa bridge should be in the category too.
https://bridgehunter.com/ia/linn/bh56879/
Lol
…… A very clever Troll or the exact opposite......
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/wa/king/1447A0000000/
bridge troll