Rating:
2 votes

Flathers Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Richard Doody in May 2010

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BH Photo #420011

Street View 

Description 

Named for pioneer postmaster Benjamin Franklin Flathers who drove the stagecoach from Walla Walla to Prescott

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Touchet River on WA 125
Location
Walla Walla County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1914
Design
Closed Spandrel Arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 55.1 ft.
Total length: 117.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.29473, -118.34026   (decimal degrees)
46°17'41" N, 118°20'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/396773/5127667 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Prescott
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
431
Inventory number
BH 34600 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 51.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,940)
Built 1914 (898)
Built during 1910s (10,288)
Deck arch (12,151)
Have street view (30,587)
Open (41,560)
Owned by state (16,802)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,710)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,665)
WA 125 (3)
Walla Walla County, Washington (42)
Washington (1,411)

Update Log 

  • March 28, 2018: Updated by Richard Doody: Fixed name and date built

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Richard Doody