Ship Canal Bridge

Ship Canal Bridge
The Ship Canal Bridge looking south towards downtown. To the left is the University Bridge.
Coordinates	47°39′11″N 122°19′21″W / 47.65309°N 122.32252°W / 47.65309; -122.32252Coordinates: 47°39′11″N 122°19′21″W / 47.65309°N 122.32252°W / 47.65309; -122.32252
Carries	I‑5
Crosses	Portage Bay
Locale	Seattle, Washington
Characteristics
Design	Double-deck truss
Total length	4,429 ft (1,350 m)
Width	119 ft (36 m) (top deck)
Clearance below	182 ft (55 m)
History
Opened	December 1962

The Ship Canal Bridge is a double-deck steel truss bridge^[1] that carries Interstate 5 over Seattle's Portage Bay (part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, after which it is named) between Capitol Hill and the University District. The canal below connects Lake Union with Lake Washington. Construction was completed in 1961 and the bridge opened to traffic on December 18, 1962.^[2] It is 4,429 ft (1,350 meters) long, stands 182 feet above the canal and is 119 feet wide at the upper deck. It was the largest bridge of its kind in the Northwest when it first opened. The bridge is double-decked, with the upper deck carrying traffic in both directions and the lower deck (the express lanes) carrying traffic southbound in the morning and northbound in the afternoon.

Other nearby bridges include University Bridge, Montlake Bridge, and George Washington Memorial Bridge (the Aurora Ave. bridge).

References

↑ "Final List of Nationally and Exceptionally Significant Features of the Federal Interstate Highway System". Environmental Review Toolkit. Federal Highway Administration, USDOT. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
↑ Centralia Daily Chronicle Newspaper, December 19, 1962

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Bridges and tunnels in and around Seattle

Bridges

Road	Alaskan Way Viaduct Ballard Bridge Cowen Park Bridge East Channel Bridge Evergreen Point Floating Bridge First Avenue South Bridge Fremont Bridge George Washington Memorial Bridge (Aurora Bridge) Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge (Third Lake Washington Floating Bridge) Jose Rizal Bridge Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge (I-90 Floating Bridge) Magnolia Bridge Montlake Bridge North Queen Anne Drive Bridge Schmitz Park Bridge Ship Canal Bridge South Park Bridge Spokane Street Bridge 20th Avenue NE Bridge University Bridge West Seattle Bridge

Rail	Salmon Bay Bridge Wilburton Trestle

Tunnels

Road	Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel (under construction) Aubrey Davis Park (Mercer Island Lid) Battery Street Tunnel Convention Center-Freeway Park Lid Mount Baker Tunnel

Rail	Beacon Hill Tunnel Great Northern Tunnel Northgate Link Extension Tunnel University Link Tunnel

Multi	Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel

Utility	Brightwater sewage tunnel

Crossings of the Lake Washington Ship Canal

Upstream
University Bridge

Ship Canal Bridge

Downstream
George Washington Memorial Bridge (Aurora Bridge)

Lake Washington Ship Canal

Works	Ballard Locks Carl S. English, Jr., Botanical Gardens Fremont Cut Montlake Cut

Landforms	Lake Washington Portage Bay Lake Union Salmon Bay Shilshole Bay Puget Sound

Crossings	University Link Tunnel Montlake Bridge University Bridge I-5 Ship Canal Bridge Aurora Bridge Fremont Bridge Ballard Bridge Locks Salmon Bay Bridge

People	Eugene Semple James A. Moore Hiram M. Chittenden James. B. Cavanaugh Reginald H. Thomson Bebb and Gould Charles Bebb Carl F. Gould

United States Army Corps of Engineers

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