Category:Old Spokane Street bridges

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English: There were at least four prior bridges more or less along the lines of Seattle's present-day Spokane Street Bridge and West Seattle Bridge.

c. 1900 "swinging gate" bridge that carried a water main
c. 1911 swing bridge, also carried a water main (pipes on either side)
c. 1918 swing bridge
1924 bascule bridge (the West Spokane Street Bridge), critically damaged when the freighter Chavez collided with it in 1978, and replaced with the West Seattle Bridge in 1984, which connects with the Spokane Street Viaduct.

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Spokane Street Bridge (1924)‎ (22 F)

Media in category "Old Spokane Street bridges"

The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total.

Alki Avenue regrade area showing new grade and bridge approach, West Seattle, September 24, 1913 (MOHAI 8720).jpg 700 × 556; 75 KB
New Spokane Street Bridge, ca 1917 (MOHAI 6071).jpg 700 × 582; 48 KB
Old and new West Spokane Street bridges, Seattle, circa 1925 (MOHAI 9082).jpg 691 × 540; 67 KB
Old and new West Spokane Street Bridges, Seattle, June 28, 1924 (MOHAI 9078).jpg 695 × 506; 45 KB
Seattle - Streetcar on Spokane Street bascule bridge, 1928.jpg 1,200 × 926; 290 KB
Spokane Ave drawbridge over the Duwamish River, Seattle (CURTIS 1541).jpeg 768 × 650; 63 KB
Trestles over the tidal flats, ca 1903 (MOHAI 6104).jpg 700 × 548; 34 KB
Two trucks on West Spokane Street swing bridge, Seattle, June 29, 1918 (MOHAI 3516).jpg 640 × 488; 59 KB
West Spokane Street wooden trestle bridge, Seattle, February 27, 1918 (MOHAI 9368).jpg 700 × 538; 84 KB

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