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Fred G. Redmon Bridge

Yakima County, Washington

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Selah Creek Bridge

June 17, 2007

Photo taken by Michael Goff in June 2007

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BH Photo #116249

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Selah Creek on I-82/US 97
Location
Yakima County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1971
Builders
- Kiewit Corporation of Omaha, Nebraska
- Peter Kiewit & Sons of Omaha, Nebraska
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 549.9 ft.
Total length: 1,337.0 ft.
Deck width: 38.1 ft.
Also called
Selah Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.70000, -120.44083   (decimal degrees)
46°42'00" N, 120°26'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/695644/5175007 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pomona
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
7,789
Inventory number
BH 34647 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 81.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,373)
Built 1971 (108)
Built during 1970s (954)
Deck arch (11,609)
Have street view (27,591)
Interstate 82 (6)
Kiewit Corporation (12)
Open (40,226)
 Open-spandrel arch (782)
Owned by state (16,211)
Peter Kiewit & Sons (16)
Span length 500-1000 feet (395)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,913)
US 97 (13)
Washington (1,331)
Yakima County, Washington (38)

Update Log 

  • September 6, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • April 16, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • September 2, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff: added builder
  • June 30, 2008: New photos from Michael Goff

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Wikipedia - Fred G. Redmon Bridge
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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Selah Creek Bridge
Posted July 1, 2009, by Mike Riggs (mriggs [at] aztec [dot] us)

My Dad was an engineer who was working for Ken. R. White, the designer of this bridge (and the freeway between Yakima and Ellensburg). I can remember going out to the bridge site when it was under constuction with my cub scout group. It is a beautiful bridge, but the real story is in building the freeway. Because of FHWA requirements, the steepness of the grades were limited and there was a really significant amount of dirt that had to be moved to build the freeway.