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D649-6
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- 1936-02-26 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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By February of 1936 work was well underway on the new, $123,000 East 34th Street Bridge (West) just east of Pacific Avenue. Using a high-line strung between two four-legged towers, stringers and pilings could be easily maneuvered into place over the 160 foot deep gulch that separated the north end of the McKinley Hill District from Pacific Avenue. Ten thousand Tacomans attended the official dedication ceremony in October of 1936. Eleven years later, in 1947, work finally began to replace the other high bridge on East 34th Street, the one spanning "Tacoma Eastern Gulch"; this second bridge was dedicated in 1948. (TNT 2/10/1036 p.1).
Bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940; East 34th Street Bridge (West)--Tacoma;