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Mission Avenue Bridge

Spokane County, Washington

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Mission Avenue Bridge

Photo taken by Richard Doody in August 2012

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BH Photo #421223

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Description 

The first bridge to carry Mission Avenue traffic across the Spokane was swept away by the great flood of 1894 and was not soon replaced. Rebuilding the Mission Avenue crossing vs building a new bridge for Olive Street was the subject of heated civic debate which the city council finally resolved in favor of the Olive Street proposal in 1897. The Mission Avenue case was shelved for over decade. A resolution directing the city engineer, J.C.Ralston, to prepare plans for a reinforced concrete bridge at Mission Avenue was passed by the council on July 15, 1908. The authorized budget was $116,000.

Ralston produced plans for a five arch closed spandrel concrete bridge with a length in excess of 300 feet. Construction of the bridge was completed in the spring of 1909. The final expenditure for the project was $104,580 nearly $12,000 under budget

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Spokane River on Mission Avenue in Spokane
Location
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909
Builder
- J.C. Ralston
Design
Closed-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 348.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.67175, -117.38744   (decimal degrees)
47°40'18" N, 117°23'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/470915/5279890 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Spokane NW
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
15,500
Inventory number
BH 34549 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 61.3 (out of 100)
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Arch (12,662)
Built 1909 (804)
Built during 1900s (7,649)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,261)
Deck arch (11,898)
Have street view (28,918)
J.C. Ralston (3)
Open (40,969)
 Owned by city (6,086)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,656)
Spokane County, Washington (87)
Spokane River (26)
Spokane, Washington (58)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,512)
Washington (1,381)

Update Log 

  • April 19, 2018: Updated by Richard Doody: Added historical info to description
  • April 5, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody

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Sources 

  • Richard Doody

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