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East 21st Street Bridge 
Summary
The East 21st Street Bridge is a 682-foot (208 m)[2] or 707-foot (215 m)[3] or 992-foot (302 m)[1][4] long cable-stayed bridge in Tacoma, Washington completed in January 1997. The bridge, whose most significant feature is two 180-foot (55 m) tall towers, carries four lanes State Route 509 (SR 509) across the Thea Foss Waterway from downtown Tacoma to the Port of Tacoma. SR 509 ends at a single point urban interchange with Interstate 705 west of the bridge, built as part of the same $165.3 million WSDOT project that also funded the bridge's construction.[3]
East 21st Street Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 47°14′38″N 122°25′55″W / 47.244°N 122.432°W |
| Carries | 4 lanes of  SR 509 |
| Crosses | Thea Foss Waterway |
| Locale | Tacoma, Washington, United States |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 682 ft (208 m) or more |
| Width | 71.5 ft (21.8 m)[1] |
| Height | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Longest span | 370 ft (110 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | January 22, 1997 |
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The architect for the bridge was Jim Merritt, a Tacoma architect.[3][5]
It is sometimes called Foss Waterway Bridge, although the Murray Morgan Bridge also crosses Foss Waterway.
References edit
- ^ a b "SR-509 at Thea Foss Waterway", National Bridge Inventory, Federal Highway Administration, 0014507A0000000
- ^ Foss Waterway Bridge, Columbia, MD: VStructural LLC, 2013
- ^ a b c David Wilma (January 30, 2003), "Cable-stayed bridge over Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway opens on January 22, 1997", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
- ^ WSDOT Bridge List (PDF), Washington State Department of Transportation, October 2013, p. 371, M 23-09.06
- ^ Portfolio: SR-509 cable stay bridge info sheet (PDF), Merritt Architecture, retrieved 2015-07-09
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 21st Street Bridge.
- Tacoma cable-stayed bridge, Bridgehunter
- "SR-509 Foss Waterway Bridge". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.