File:Looking east on the completed Lake Washington Floating Bridge, the only concrete pontoon bridge in the world, Mercer Island, Washington (5017555973).jpg

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English: Looking east on the completed Lake Washington Floating Bridge, the only concrete pontoon bridge in the world, Mercer Island, Washington, October 2, 1940. As of 2016, two different similarly constructed pontoon bridges on this location carry Interstate 90 across the lake. The parking areas shown here are long gone, as are the entrances to the roadway from Lake Washington Boulevard (closed in the 1980s).

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Transportation Collection
http://content.lib.washington.edu/transportationweb/index.html
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  • Seattlest
  • Flickr Commons
  • King County Creative Commons
  • Lake Washington
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  • Lake Washington Floating Bridge
  • Lacey V Murrow Bridge
  • pontoon bridges
  • Mercer Island, Washington
  • Seattle
  • Lake Washington
  • bridges
  • highways
Camera location47° 35′ 19.68″ N, 122° 15′ 16.46″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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