General Information
| Other name(s): | 15th Avenue Bridge |
|---|---|
| Completion: | 1917 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
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| Structure: |
Double-leaf bascule bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA |
|---|---|
| Address: | 15th Avenue NW |
| Location description: |
Over Salmon Bay |
| Coordinates: | 47° 39' 33.73" N 122° 22' 34.06" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 870 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Ballard Bridge, also known as the 15th Avenue Bridge, is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle, Washington. It carries 15th Avenue NW over Seattle's Salmon Bay between Ballard to the north and Interbay to the south. The Ballard Bridge follows the Fremont Bridge in the east in the succession of bridges spanning the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which connects Lake Washington in the east to Puget Sound in the west.
Built in 1917, it has an opening span of 218 ft (66 m) and a total length of 2,854 ft (870 m). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
In recent years bicyclists have complained that improvements are needed to address safety concerns.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Ballard Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- : Spanning Washington. Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State. Washington State University Press, Pullman (USA), pp. 153-154.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20051298 - Published on:
04/01/2010 - Last updated on:
27/09/2022
