Eleventh Street Bridge

What a shame indeed.

I do believe that Brianna is mistaken, however - the Hylebos Bridge should be safe given that it was just rehabbed recently. The Murray Morgan Bridge would be the other bridge to be considered at risk, once WashDOT is done irreversibly destroying the rare multiple-type truss bridge over on Eells Street.

This beautiful through truss bridge and former vertical-lift bridge was demolished in 2018. What a waste. 11th Street used to continuously cross all four shipping channels along Puget Sound, but now with the loss of this bridge, only crosses two of them on each side, leaving a discontinuous route in the middle. The Murray Morgan Memorial Bridge crosses the Thea Foss Channel on the west side, and the Hylebos Bridge crosses the Hylebos Channel on the east side. The bridge over the Blair Channel has been gone for a while now, and with the loss of the 11th Street Bridge over the Pullyuap Channel, getting around the industrial flats in this area just became much more complicated, as no new bridges is planned for this location. The Murray Morgan Bridge appears to be safe for the near future, but the Hylebos Bridge is still in question. It is essential that neither one of these historic bridges be demolished, given that two of four historic bridges at this location already have been!

My research suggested removal of the lift portions of the bridge occurred in two projects, one in 1966 and the other in 1979. My guess is machinery was removed in 1966 and the tower removal was 1979. http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=wa...

Aerial imagery from historic aerials shows lift towers in 1940 and 1968/69

I wonder if this former vertical lift bridge that had the machinery counterweight and towers removed is similar identical or resembled the Murray Morgan bridge crossing the city/ Foss waterway?

Bridge is now doomed. Scheduled for closure and demolition. Or maybe replacement.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/07/01/3270256/safety-conc...

The NBI's date of construction differs widely. Sections have been replaced, the eastern stringer half over railroad tracks and port roads in particular after a fire around 1930. Given the original design resembled the Murray Morgan/City Waterway, a date of 1913 seems to be accurate.

Added other details to bridges nearby, if anyone, you know likes those sorts of things.

To confirm your suspicion Nathan:

In September of 1966 the upper section of the vertical lift along with some other parts were removed by Early Construction Co. at a cost of $15,000. This made the bridge inoperable. The power lines located next to the bridge were then attached to the remaining towers to cross the waterway.

In June of 1979 Willamette Western scrapped the remainder, 175 tonnes of steel in all, including the cable wheels, counter weights, and control house. This process cost $167,000.

To give you a visual: It originally was a smaller version of the Murray Morgan/City Waterway bridge to the West.

Sources – various newspapers I sorted through at the library.

This appears to be a vertical lift bridge which had its towers and machinery removed.