General Information
| Completion: | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Status: | collapsed (1988) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Single-span two-pylon cable-stayed bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Timber bridge |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 47° 21' 8.30" N 124° 11' 35.65" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | ca. 58 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| pylons |
wood
|
| truss |
wood
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Chow Chow Bridge was an early, wooden cable-stayed bridge crossing the Quinault River on the Quinault Indian Reservation near Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington. It was built for the first time in 1952 and finally removed in 1988. Frank Milward designed the bridge for Aloha Lumber Company.
The bridge collapsed three times and was rebuilt twice. Timbers were made into cedar shakes for the tribal center in Taholah after the final 1988 collapse. It was one of the first cable-stayed bridges in the U.S., and the first in Washington.
In 1971, the bridge was closed by Joe DeLaCruz and other Quinault in protest of unfair resource extraction on the reservation.:32:316
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Chow Chow Bridge" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Frank Millward (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1984): Great American Bridges and Dams. A National Trust Guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), pp. 315-316.
- : Spanning Washington. Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State. Washington State University Press, Pullman (USA), pp. 268.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000949 - Published on:
16/09/2000 - Last updated on:
19/06/2019
