1919,1933 University: (Bridge Hunter; Satellite)
The Lake Washington Ship Canal was built in 1917.
Bridges Now and Then posted Building Seattle, Washington's, Ship Canal Bridge over Portage Bay, c. 1961. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Chris Evans: Still using rivets. |
I-5 is the truss bridge on the left and University Bridge is the drawbridge on the right.
Street View |
Jann Mayer 2013 Photo via BridgeHunter-1962, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) |
2014 Royce and Bobette Haley 2014 Pano via BridgeHunter-1962, they provided many more photos |
As with many of our interstate bridges, this one is now falling apart. The parks under both approaches were closed in 2019 because concrete was falling from the bridge! "When asked why the Ship Canal Bridge was allowed to deteriorate, Secretary Roger Millar told the editorial board: 'Because we need to be spending $2 billion a year (on maintenance and preservation) and we’re spending $925 million dollars a year.'...The 182-foot tall structure carries more than 200,000 vehicles a day, and it’s vital to the state’s economy. It has been 22 years since the last major preservation project." [SeattleTimes]
Photo via HistoryLink Lake Washington Ship Canal Bridge (Interstate 5) under construction over Lake Union, with University Bridge below, 1961. Courtesy MOHAI (2009.23.57) "It is a steel truss double-deck bridge, which carries eight lanes of traffic on the upper deck and four reversible lanes of traffic on the lower deck." [Priscilla Long, License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)] |
The eight regular lanes go up and over the four reversible (express) lanes.
Street View |
2016 Patrick Gurwell Photo via BridgeHunter-1919 |
2014 Royce and Bobette Haley 2014 Photo via BridgeHunter-1919, they provided many more photos |
Note the trolley bus wires on the University Bridge.
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