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Spokane Street Bridge

King County, Washington
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Spokane Street Bridge

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Photo taken by K. A. Erickson on April 10, 2011

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Overview
Swing bridge over W. Waterway of Duwamish River on SW Spokane Street in Seattle
Location
Seattle, King County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1991
Design
Swing
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 440.0 ft.
Total length: 836.0 ft.
Deck width: 34.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.57139, -122.35364   (decimal degrees)
47°34'17" N, 122°21'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/548613/5268865 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Seattle South
Inventory number
BH 34334 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2011)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 90.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
8,499

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Built 1991 (36)
Built during 1990s (306)
Duwamish River (6)
Have street view (9,883)
King County, Washington (141)
Modern (604)
Movable (1,355)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
 Open (28,302)
Owned by city (3,048)
Seattle, Washington (22)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Swing (534)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,803)
Washington (843)

Update Log 

  • April 12, 2011: New Street View added by K. A. Erickson

Sources 

  • Wikipedia - Spokane Street Bridge
  • K. A. Erickson
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Spokane Street Bridge
Posted April 13, 2011, by Robert Thompson (rkt [dot] engineering [at] gmail [dot] com)

From Wikipedia:

"Each 7,500-short-ton (6,800 t) leaf of the bridge floats on a 100-inch (2.5 m) steel barrel in hydraulic oil. It is claimed[1] to be the only bridge of its type in the world and it has received several awards for its innovation, including the Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1992." Very unique indeed!