1899: (Archived Bridge Hunter, the description has a history)
1939: (no Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)  |
| Historic Lewiston, Idaho posted The steamer "Lewiston" under the old interstate bridge, 1930. The first "Lewiston" was destroyed by fire along with the "Spokane" in 1922. |
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| Street View, Aug 2019 |
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| Bryan Hermans, May 2021 |
When I saw this levee, I thought Lewiston had some serious flooding issues. But when I saw the portal view from Clarkston at the top of these notes, I realized that the river is always higher than Lewiston. So the pool of the Lower Granite Dam would have inundated the town if they had not built the levee.
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| Street View, Aug 2018 |
This view confirms that the river is always higher than the town.
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| Street View, Aug 2019 |
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| CJA Imaging posted The first vertical lift drawbridge in the inland Pacific Northwest, this drawbridge only lifted a few times before the riverboats operating in this section were made obsolete by dams and locks further upstream. A bridge first spanned this section of the Snake river in 1899, linking the two cities between WA and ID named after some of America's most intrepid explorers. A great shot of color against a mono-chrome brown landscape! More coming soon to the main site...stay tuned! Douglas Butler shared Credit of CJA Imaging Snake River Lift Bridge between Lewiston, ID and Clarkston, WA. |
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| Street View, Aug 2019 |
Lewiston is the origin for much of the grain export barge traffic on the Snake River. That traffic is the main argument for not removing the four locks and dams on the Snake River. But I see the grain terminals are along the Clearwater River rather than upstream of this bridge. I've read that Lewiston is a significant inland port in terms of tonnage. It looks like they handle logs, wind turbine parts and containers as well as grain.
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| Google eBook The length was 1,485.5' (452.8m), and the main span was 374' (114m). |
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| Google eBook |
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