East 34th Street Bridge

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East 34th Street Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The bridge from the south.
The bridge from the south.
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Coordinates: 47°14′18.4″N 122°25′54.79″W / 47.238444, -122.4318861Coordinates: 47°14′18.4″N 122°25′54.79″W / 47.238444, -122.4318861
Built/Founded: 1937
Architect: Forsbeck,C.D.; MacRae of Seattle Co.
Architectural style(s): Other
Added to NRHP: July 16, 1982
NRHP Reference#: 82004279

[1]
MPS: Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR
Governing body: Local

The East 34th Street Bridge is a concrete open-spandrel bridge in Tacoma, Washington. The bridge was built in 1937 to replace a wood bridge that had previously spanned the gulch. The bridge is constructed of two rib arches, that are supported by 24-foot (7 m) support legs, with spandrel columns between the arches and the bridge's 485-foot (148 m) deck. The concrete railings on the deck are adorned with urn-shaped lampposts.[2]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ Holstine 2005, p. 202

[edit] Sources

  • Holstine, Craig; Hobbs, Richard (2005). Spanning Washington: Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State, Washington State University Press, ISBN 0874222818.
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