Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
K6-7
Date(s)
- 1939-05-13 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Hylebos Bridge Territory. View of bridge in raised position, most likely from the northwest corner. The new steel and concrete bridge was built at a cost of $380,000; $171,000 of that in the form of a WPA grant. It was 1,060 feet long. The double leaf bascule center span had a vertical lift of 135 feet and a horizontal clearance of 150 feet to permit passage of boats. The roadway deck was 24 feet wide with a sidewalk 5 feet wide. It replaced a single leaf bascule bridge with an 80 foot horizontal clearance. (T. Times 5/27/1939, pg. 5)
Hylebos Bridge (Tacoma); Bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940; Vertical lift bridges--Tacoma--1930-1940;