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Montlake Bridge

King County, Washington

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    Overview
    Bascule bridge over Montlake Cut on WA 513 in Seattle
    Location
    Seattle, King County, Washington
    Status
    Open to traffic
    Future prospects
    Slated to have a new bridge built next to it to form a one-way couplet.
    History
    Built 1925; rehabilitated 1999
    Builders
    - C.L. Creelman (Contractor)
    - Carl F. Gould (Architect)
    - Clark H. Eldridge (Design Engineer)
    - Wallace Equipment Co. (Contractor)
    - Westinghouse Electric Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Lift Equipment)
    Design
    Pratt deck truss bascule
    Dimensions
    Length of largest span: 182.1 ft.
    Total length: 345.2 ft.
    Deck width: 40.0 ft.
    Vertical clearance above deck: 19.8 ft.
    Also called
    Montlake Cut Bridge
    Approximate latitude, longitude
    +47.64726, -122.30459   (decimal degrees)
    47°38'50" N, 122°18'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
    Approximate UTM coordinates
    10/552227/5277330 (zone/easting/northing)
    Quadrangle map:
    Seattle North
    Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
    61,430
    Inventory number
    BH 34306 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
    Inspection report (as of April 2016)
    Overall condition: Fair
    Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
    Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
    Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
    Sufficiency rating: 49.5 (out of 100)
    View more at BridgeReports.com

    Categories 

    Bascule (1,033)
    Built 1925 (1,202)
    Built during 1920s (9,285)
    C.L. Creelman (1)
    Carl F. Gould (1)
    Clark H. Eldridge (6)
    Deck truss (1,577)
    Fixed Trunnion Bascule (40)
    Functionally obsolete (7,597)
    Have street view (24,709)
    King County, Washington (182)
    Movable (2,804)
    Navigable waterway (2,087)
    		 Open (38,019)
    Owned by state (14,672)
    Pratt deck truss (324)
    Pratt truss (8,402)
    Seattle, Washington (53)
    Span length 175-250 feet (1,861)
    Steel grate deck (433)
    Total length 250-500 feet (4,819)
    Truss (30,721)
    Wallace Equipment Co. (1)
    Washington (1,185)
    Westinghouse Electric Corporation (2)

    Update Log 

    • December 1, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
    • November 1, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
    • January 12, 2014: Updated by Evin Fairchild: actually built in 1925, not 1924
    • February 14, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: Merged HAER Photos And Updated Status
    • December 14, 2010: New photos from Nathan Holth
    • December 10, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated bridge type. Added link to Panoramio photo.

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    Comments 

    Montlake Bridge
    Posted December 10, 2012, by Tom May (tom [at] tommey [dot] net)

    Thankfully, it's unlikely that a second bridge will be built, according to this article from September 25 2012:

    http://capitolhill.komonews.com/news/transportation/786164-c...

    Montlake Bridge
    Posted December 14, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

    This is truly a spectacular bridge (view the photo link in the Links section). Would be nice to have someone get some more photos of this bridge. Almost European in its style.