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Ebey Slough Bascule Bridge

Snohomish County, Washington

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Ebey Slough Bascule Bridge

Photo c1914 on current Spencer Island Bridge

Photo cmh2351fl

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #497404

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Description 

In 1993 it was moved to its present location across Union Slough, providing pedestrian access to Spencer Island (see BH 55608). Was listed on NRHP but removed July 16, 1990.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Ebey Slough on Home Acres Road
Location
Forbes Hill, Snohomish County, Washington
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1914
Builder
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Through truss bascule
Also called
Jacknife Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.94857, -122.15994   (decimal degrees)
47°56'55" N, 122°09'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/562726/5310924 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 93071 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,084)
Built 1914 (848)
Built during 1910s (9,967)
Forbes Hill, Washington (1)
Formerly NR-listed (149)
Lost (28,368)
Lost 1976 (107)
Lost during 1970s (938)
Movable (3,114)
 Navigable waterway (2,204)
Owned by county (21,598)
Replaced by new bridge (19,292)
Snohomish County, Washington (103)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (178)
Strauss Heel Trunnion Bascule (54)
Through truss (16,700)
Truss (35,366)
Washington (1,380)

Update Log 

  • May 3, 2021: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • May 3, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Douglas Butler

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