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BOLAND-B13950
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- 1926-01-06 (Creation)
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The bridgetender was either in the process of raising or lowering the 800-ton lift span of the Hylebos Bridge on January 6, 1926, although no ship is visible. The bridge casts its reflection in the Hylebos Waterway, the most easterly of the waterways in the Port of Tacoma development of the Tideflats. The Hylebos Bridge was the only bascule type bridge in Pierce County at that time. Costing $80,000 and opened on October 15, 1925, it formed a link between Tacoma and the Browns Point and Dash Point communities of Northeast Tacoma. It replaced an old wooden drawbridge. The Hylebos Bridge was ordered closed by the federal government in 1935 due to insufficient clearance space. A new Hylebos was built in 1939, this time at the cost of $380,000. TPL-9633; G15.1-012 (NWR clipping file: TNT 11-3-25, TDL 5-28-39)
Bridges--Tacoma--1920-1930; Hylebos Bridge (Tacoma); Vertical lift bridges--Tacoma--1920-1930;