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Foothills Trail - Lower Burnett Road Bridge

Pierce County, Washington

Photo 

Triple arch glulam bridge over

Photo taken by John Anderson in August 2014

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #417614

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Street View 

Description 

Bridge is significant for being a demonstration of a beautiful modern trail bridge, made of pressure treated Douglas Fir

Facts 

Overview
Timber open-spandrel arch bridge over Lower Burnett Road and South Prairie Creek on Foothills Trail
Location
Pierce County, Washington
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 2009, Replacing a former Railroad Bridge Demolished 1983
Builder
- Western Wood Structures of Tualatin, Oregon
Design
Wooden Open-spandrel arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.13794, -122.06268   (decimal degrees)
47°08'17" N, 122°03'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/571076/5220918 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Buckley
Inventory number
BH 64117 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,104)
Built 2009 (62)
Built during 2000s (674)
Curved (457)
Deck arch (11,343)
Footbridge (423)
Glue-Laminated Timber Bridge (20)
Have street view (26,956)
 Modern (2,438)
Open to pedestrians (4,220)
Owned by county (20,788)
Pierce County, Washington (113)
Timber arch (44)
Washington (1,314)
Western Wood Structures (9)

Update Log 

  • February 5, 2018: New photo from John Anderson
  • November 16, 2014: New Street View added by John Marvig

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