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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D31189-2
Date(s)
- 1947-12-29 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
The East 21st Street Bridge goes over the Puyallup River and connects Lincoln Avenue. The bridge was opened in 1930 and cost approximately $150,000 to build. The bridge has two steel spans, 126 and 129 feet long; one span can be converted into a bascule lift unit, if the War Department should demand it. View of East 21st Street bridge under construction, detours signs guide people toward the right, photo ordered by United Pacific Insurance Company.
Bridge construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Road construction--Tacoma; Bridges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Insurance companies--Tacoma; United Pacific Insurance Co. (Tacoma); East 21st St. Bridge (Tacoma);