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Puyallup Avenue Bridge

Pierce County, Washington
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Puyallup Avenue Bridge

View from South

Photo taken by K. A. Erickson in January 2011

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Puyallup River on Puyallup Avenue in Tacoma
Location
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1925
Builder
- Grant Smith & Co.
Design
Main spans: Three skewed, riveted, Pennsylvania through trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 252.0 ft.
Total length: 764.1 ft.
Deck width: 36.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Also called
Eells Street Bridge
Eells Street Viaduct
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.24306, -122.40500   (decimal degrees)
47°14'35" N, 122°24'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/545029/5232346 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Tacoma South
Inventory number
BH 34454 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2011)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 42.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
16,485

Categories 

Beam (6,156)
Built 1925 (949)
Built during 1920s (7,046)
Concrete tee beam (1,090)
Doomed (814)
Grant Smith & Co. (3)
Have street view (10,035)
Open (28,454)
Owned by city (3,089)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Pierce County, Washington (77)
 Puyallup River (15)
Riveted (1,019)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 250-500 feet (867)
Structurally deficient (16,728)
Tacoma, Washington (23)
Through truss (9,254)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,819)
Truss (23,615)
US 99 (68)
Washington (849)

Update Log 

  • February 4, 2011: New photo from K. A. Erickson
  • April 27, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn

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  • K. A. Erickson

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