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Ship Canal Bridge

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Crosses
  
Portage Bay

Design
  
Double-deck truss

Total length
  
1,350 m

Location
  
Seattle

Body of water
  
Portage Bay

Locale
  
Seattle, Washington

Opened
  
December 1962

Clearance below
  
56 m

Bridge type
  
Truss bridge

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Carries
  
I‑5 (8 lanes, 4 reversible express lanes)

Width
  
119 ft (36 m) (top deck)

Similar
  
Lake Washington Ship Canal, University Bridge, Montlake Bridge, Schmitz Park Bridge, Lake Union

The Ship Canal Bridge is a double-deck steel truss bridge that carries Interstate 5 (I-5) over Seattle's Portage Bay (part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, after which it is named) between Capitol Hill and the University District. The canal below connects Lake Union with Lake Washington. Construction was completed in 1961 and the bridge opened to traffic on December 18, 1962. It is 4,429 ft (1,350 meters) long, stands 182 feet above the canal and is 119 feet wide at the upper deck. It was the largest bridge of its kind in the Northwest when it first opened. The bridge is double-decked, with the upper deck carrying traffic in both directions and the lower deck (the express lanes) carrying traffic southbound in the morning and northbound in the afternoon.

Map of Ship Canal Bridge, Seattle, WA, USA

Other nearby bridges include University Bridge, Montlake Bridge, and George Washington Memorial Bridge (the Aurora Ave. bridge).

References

Ship Canal Bridge Wikipedia