Carries I‑82 / US 97 Design Twin arch Longest span 549 feet (167 m) Height 99 m Total length 408 m Bridge type Arch bridge | Crosses Selah Creek Material Concrete Clearance below 99 m Opened 2 November 1971 Location Yakima County, Washington | |
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Locale Yakima County, Washington Address Selah Creek,, Yakima, WA 98901, USA Similar High Steel Bridge, Lewis and Clark Bridge, McMillin Bridge, Bridge of the Gods, Deception Pass Bridge | ||
The Fred G. Redmon Bridge, also known as the Selah Creek Bridge, is a twin arch bridge in the northwest United States, in Yakima County, Washington. It carries Interstate 82 across Selah Creek near Selah, between Yakima and Ellensburg.
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Construction
The bridge was opened to traffic 46 years ago on November 2, 1971. It was constructed by Peter Kiewit & Sons, who won the contract with a bid of $4,356,070 (equivalent to about $30,001,000 in 2017). The bridge was part of a 2.8-mile (4.5 km) long, $1.7 million (equivalent to $11 million in 2017) segment of the Interstate 82 freeway construction through the area.
At the time it was built, it was the longest concrete arch bridge in the United States, surpassed only by the 866-foot (264 m) Sandö Bridge in Sweden. It was also the highest bridge in Washington. It won the 1971 Grand Award "for excellence in the use of concrete", awarded by the Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association.
Namesake
Fred Redmon was a county commissioner and the first chair of the Washington Highway Commission, formed in 1951 to oversee the state's department of highways. It was named for him prior to its completion.