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East 21st Street Bridge

Pierce County, Washington

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Tacoma Cable-stayed Bridge

View from South

Photo taken by K. A. Erickson in February 2011

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BH Photo #193786

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Description 

This bridge was intended to replace the Murray Morgan/11th Street Bridge over City/Thea Foss Waterway on WA 509. It is not the first crossing on the southern end of the waterway. The 15th Street Bridge existed for much of the 20th century until plans for I-705 and its age lead to its demolition in the early 1980s.

Facts 

Overview
Cable-stayed bridge over Thea Foss Waterway & D Street on WA 509
Location
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1997
Builder
- Merritt Architects
Design
Cable stayed suspension/post tension concrete box bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 350.1 ft.
Total length: 992.2 ft.
Deck width: 71.9 ft.
Also called
Thea Foss Waterway & D Street Bridge
SR 509 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.24357, -122.43169   (decimal degrees)
47°14'37" N, 122°25'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/543009/5232388 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tacoma South
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
37,062
Inventory number
BH 48156 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 88.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1997 (81)
Built during 1990s (781)
Cable-stayed (104)
Continuous (2,640)
Have street view (29,323)
Merritt Architects (1)
Modern (2,681)
 Open (41,016)
Owned by state (16,595)
Pierce County, Washington (119)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,269)
Tacoma, Washington (35)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,102)
Washington (1,386)

Update Log 

  • April 5, 2018: Updated by Richard Doody: Corrected name and date built
  • February 16, 2011: Added by K. A. Erickson

Sources 

  • K. A. Erickson
  • Richard Doody

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