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Puyallup Avenue Bridge

Pierce County, Washington

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Puyallup Avenue Bridge – Eastern Truss

View from South

Photo taken by K. A. Erickson in February 2011

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BH Photo #224987

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss bridge over railroad tracks on Puyallup Avenue in Tacoma
Location
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1925
Builder
- Grant Smith & Co.
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 116.1 ft.
Total length: 117.1 ft.
Deck width: 36.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Also called
Eells Street Viaduct
Eells Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.24326, -122.40296   (decimal degrees)
47°14'36" N, 122°24'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/545183/5232370 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tacoma South
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
14,100
Inventory number
BH 34455 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 6 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1925 (1,281)
Built during 1920s (9,996)
Doomed (1,098)
Grant Smith & Co. (3)
Have street view (27,130)
Open (40,040)
Owned by city (5,547)
Pierce County, Washington (113)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,412)
 Structurally deficient (14,043)
Tacoma, Washington (34)
Through truss (15,279)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,195)
Truss (33,131)
US 99 (73)
Warren through truss (1,623)
Warren truss (6,618)
Washington (1,319)

Update Log 

  • March 25, 2011: New Street View added by Jason Smith

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Sources 

  • K. A. Erickson
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
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Puyallup Avenue Bridge
Posted April 21, 2015, by K. A. Erickson

Eells Street is back open. I'm guessing the damage was to the previously damaged overhead bracing. Now one side is completely gone. Trucks still drive over the viaduct switching lanes eastbound not to pass but to avoid hitting bracing.