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BOLAND-B5048
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- 1921 (Creation)
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ca. 1921. View of Fairfax Bridge, AKA James R. O'Farrell Bridge, Carbon River Bridge, on State Route 165 spanning the Carbon River, 2.8 miles south of Carbonado, Pierce County. Built for $80,000 in 1921, the bridge was part of the nearly $500,000 Carbon River-Fairfax Road that connected the coal mining towns of Fairfax and Montezuma, Manley-Moore town, and the northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park with the outside world. Prior to the bridge construction, the only way out was either through a long walk or by railroad. The bridge was closed in 1995 so that the approaches could be rebuilt and bridge redecked. It has survived other openings and closings due to landslides and fires; it went back into service in 1998. The Fairfax Bridge is one of only two extant three-hinged steel arches in the State of Washington. 494 feet in length, it has a 240-foot three-hinged spandrel braced rib deck arch, two 14-foot steel towers, and two timber trestle approach spans. At the time it was built, it was the highest bridge in the state. G15.1-036 (TNT 12-19-21, www.wsdot.wa.gov/environment/eao/culres/bridges/bridge_pierce_072.htm, www.nwhighways.amhosting.net/165.html)
Bridges--Washington; Fairfax Bridge;