Trent Avenue Spokane River Bridge

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Spokane River Bridge

Side elevation from the southeast. (Near or at flood stage)

Photo taken by Mike Goff in May 2012

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BH Photo #231620

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Overview

Concrete arch bridge over Spokane River on WA 290 in Spokane

Location

Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

Status

Demolished

History

Built 1910. Carried a double-track street car line until c.1936.

Builders

- Day Laborers
- J.C. Ralston

Railroads

- Spokane Traction Co. (STC)
- Streetcar

Design

Arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 513.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.

Also called

East Olive Avenue Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+47.66167, -117.39444   (decimal degrees)
47°39'42" N, 117°23'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

11/470384/5278772 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Spokane NW

Average daily traffic (as of 2016)

11,723

Inventory number

BH 34559 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of August 2018)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 39.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• June 23, 2021: New photos from John Bernhisel
• August 17, 2020: Updated by Nathan Holth: Demolished.
• March 27, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builder and historical name
• May 9, 2012: New photos from Mike Goff
• December 31, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff

Related Bridges 

• Washinton Street Bridge (Downstream) - Replaced - Four modern bridges between structures
• Iron Bridge (Upstream)

Sources 

• Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Luke
• Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer, Volume 61 - Book
• Nathan Holth
• Work continues on East Trent Bridge - Work continues on the historic East Trent Bridge demolition site
• John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com

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