Area less than one acre Opened 1909 Added to NRHP 16 July 1982 | Built 1909 Architecture firm Waddell & Harrington | |
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Location Spans Buckley Gulch, N. Fife and Oakes, Tacoma, Washington Built by Creelman, Putnam & Healy Architectural style Rigid-frame bridge, Other MPS Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR Similar North 21st Street Bridge, Greater Tacoma Conventi, YMCA Camp Orkila, Point Defiance Zoo & Aq, Union Passenger Station | ||
The North 23rd Street Bridge in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is a concrete rigid frame bridge that was designed by engineers Waddell & Harrington in 1909. It was built for the City of Tacoma by contractors Creelman, Putman, and Healy.
It is significant as an early concrete rigid frame bridge. It has "massive, overdesigned concrete beams" that are "6 feet wide at the center, and 13 feet at the ends". The beams are "8 feet deep at the center, and 12 feet deep at the ends." It is 312 feet (95 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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