Puneet Varma (Editor)

East 21st Street Bridge

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Carries
  
4 lanes of SR 509

Design
  
Cable-stayed bridge

Height
  
180 ft (55 m)

Width
  
22 m

Location
  
Tacoma

Body of water
  
Thea Foss Waterway

Crosses
  
Thea Foss Waterway

Total length
  
682 ft (208 m) or more

Opened
  
22 January 1997

Longest span
  
503 m

Bridge type
  
Cable-stayed bridge

East 21st Street Bridge httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Locale
  
Tacoma, Washington, United States

Similar
  
Thea Foss Waterway, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Bridge of Glass, East 34th Street Bridge, Murray Morgan Bridge

The East 21st Street Bridge is a 682-foot (208 m) or 707-foot (215 m) or 992-foot (302 m) 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.

The architect for the bridge was Jim Merritt, a Tacoma architect.

It is sometimes called Foss Waterway Bridge, although the Murray Morgan Bridge also crosses Foss Waterway.

References

East 21st Street Bridge Wikipedia