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East Channel Bridge

King County, Washington

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East Channel Bridge

C.1950

Eastside heritage Center

View this photo at blog.seattlepi.com

BH Photo #457572

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Concrete deck girder bridge over Lake Washington on I-90(formerly US 10/Sunset Highway)
Location
Mercer Island, King County, Washington
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Completed in 1940 as part of Lake Washington floating bridge project, replacing a deteriorating timber bridge; demolished and replaced circa 1981 as part of I-90 expansion
Design
Concrete deck girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.57882, -122.20054   (decimal degrees)
47°34'44" N, 122°12'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/560120/5269798 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
United States
Inventory number
BH 86905 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,684)
Bellevue, Washington (3)
Built 1940 (1,116)
Built during 1940s (4,249)
Concrete girder (1,078)
Deck girder (6,334)
Deck truss (1,940)
Girder (11,221)
King County, Washington (216)
Lost (29,036)
 Mercer Island, Washington (1)
Owned by state (16,591)
Rainbow arch (257)
Replaced by new bridge (19,738)
Truss (35,919)
Warren deck truss (674)
Warren deck truss with all verticals (121)
Warren truss (7,038)
Washington (1,383)

Update Log 

  • October 10, 2019: New photos from Harry Jacoby

Sources 

  • Harry Jacoby

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