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Upper Selah Bridge (2nd)
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Upper Selah Bridge
Caption on back reads, "2nd Selah Bridge,1911." (in different handwriting and ink) "#1 bridge across Yakima Built 1907"
Photo taken by Frank Lanterman.part of Jack Whitnall Collection
BH Photo #395398
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Yakima River on the present Golf Course Road
- Location
- Selah, Yakima County, Washington
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1907; Replaced 1947
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Also called
- Second Selah Bridge (source is the back of the posted photo)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +46.63797, -120.52433 (decimal degrees)
46°38'17" N, 120°31'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/689478/5167911 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Selah
- Inventory number
- BH 77761 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 13, 2018: New photo from Dave Cox
- June 27, 2017: New photo from Dave Cox
- June 25, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added
Related Bridges
- WA823 Yakima River Bridge (NB) (Successor)
Sources
- Luke
- Yakima Memory - Image
- Dave Cox
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/wa/yakima/upper-selah/
there was a predecessor bridge but it was not built in this location. There are two pictures of a previous wooden bridge built in the Yakima Valley museum that was built around the present sportsman park off of Olivio Rd at the end of the Selah Gap.