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HAERINVENTORY Historic American Engineering RecordDepartment of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240

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19081

okane

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Washington Street Bridge

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West 221 Wall StreetSpokane. Washington

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Crossing: Spokane RiverS.T.R. 18 25N 43E

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SCALE 0124 Qa1625

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730 DETERIORATED 74DRUINS 7sDuNEXPOSED 71;0 ALTERED 8sDDEMOLISHED820 DESTROYED

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Lisa Soderberg I HAER/Washington State Bridge Inventory17 OESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUI~D HISTORY.INCLUDlNG CONSTRUCTION DATE,SI, HISTORICAL DATEISI PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS.

MATERIALS ExTANT EOUIPMENT. AND IMPORTANT BUILDERS ENGINEERS. ETC •The Washington Street Bridge is a three spanned reinforced concrete arch copstructed ln 1908 over theSpokane River. The 242 foot structure consists of three 77 foot flattened ribbed arches. It was designed by Mr. CharlesHcIntyre. City Engineer of Spokane. who was responsible for the construction of several concrete arches throughout thecity. The Wallace-Coates Engineering Company constructed the bridge. J.B. Strauss of the Strauss Bascule and ConcreteBridge Company of Chicago was the consulting engineer. The highway provides a roadway 44 feet wide. curb to curb .

The Hashington Street Bridge is an.early example of concrete construction within the State. The reinforced concretearch proliferated during the teens as "the extensive construction of hard surface. permanent highways made it necessaryto construct bridges of permanent character." The Washington Street Bridge is the oldest surviving concrete arch highwaybridge within the State. It is an early example of a ribbed arch. The flattened form of its ribs reflected futuredevel opments in concrete arch design. ICON' OVER,

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