Schmitz Park Bridge
| Schmitz Park Bridge | |
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| Engineering design | Clark Eldridge |
| Total length | 175-foot (53 m) |
| Construction end | 1936 |
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Schmitz Park Bridge | |
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| Location | Spans Schmitz Park Ravine, Seattle, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°34′38″N 122°24′8″W / 47.57722°N 122.40222°WCoordinates: 47°34′38″N 122°24′8″W / 47.57722°N 122.40222°W |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architectural style | Art Deco, rigid frame bridge |
| Governing body | Local |
| MPS | Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 82004247[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 16, 1982 |
| Designated SEATL | December 28, 1981[2] |
The Schmitz Park Bridge is a 175-foot (53 m) concrete-box bridge that spans a ravine in Seattle's Schmitz Park. Built in 1936, the structure is both listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated city landmark.[3][4]
The bridge was designed by city engineer Clark Eldridge. It replaced a timber-truss span that had been erected in 1916.[5] The funds were provided by the federal Public Works Administration and by local gas-tax and highway funds. The rigid frame created by the concrete box cells made the structure 60 percent longer than any such bridge previously constructed.[6][7]
The graffiti artwork underneath the bridge has received praise in C-Monster's art blog and from a critic with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.[8]
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- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "Landmarks and Designation". City of Seattle. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ↑ National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties (Part II). National Park Service. March 1, 1983. p. 8669.
- ↑ "Individual Landmarks". City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ↑ West Seattle. Arcadia Publishing. 2010. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7385-8133-0.
- ↑ Long, Priscilla (December 23, 2007). "Schmitz Park Bridge in West Seattle is completed in December 1936.". HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. Retrieved March 2011.
- ↑ Whipple, Harvey (1937). Concrete 47: 340.
- ↑ "Blooming Concrete". Seattle Post-intelligencer. May 14, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
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