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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D843-2
Date(s)
- 1937-10-13 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
River Street Viaduct under construction in October of 1937. Railroad cranes lift a 25-ton girder into place. The 3,275-foot-long viaduct spanned Tacoma's main line railroad tracks on the Tideflats. It had a 24-foot roadway and a 4-foot sidewalk. This structure replaced an old wooden structure that had served the Tideflats for twenty years. It was in turn replaced in 1974 by the Portland Avenue Viaduct. (TDL 4/25/1937, pg. 1; TT 10/13/1937, pg. 1)
River Street Viaduct (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bridge construction--Tacoma--1930-1940;