General Information
| Completion: | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Deck arch bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete bridge |
| Plan view: |
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| Support conditions: |
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Awards and Distinctions
Location
| Location: |
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA |
|---|---|
| Address: | 15th Avenue NE |
| Coordinates: | 47° 40' 23.56" N 122° 18' 42.99" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 48.80 m | |
| total length | 109.12 m | |
| deck width | 12.80 m | |
| number of lanes | 2 | |
| abutments | number | 2 |
Materials
| deck |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
| arches |
reinforced concrete
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
| piers on arch |
reinforced concrete
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Cowen Park Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge in Seattle, Washington. The bridge has a length of 358 feet (109 m) and carries 15th Avenue NE across a ravine in the Cowen Park. The bridges acts as a dividing line in the Ravenna-Cowen Park contiguous area, with the smaller area west of the bridge deemed Cowen Park and the larger area east of the bridge considered Ravenna Park. The bridge, which spans from NE 62nd Street to Cowen Place NE, connects the northern Roosevelt/Ravenna neighborhood with the beginning of the University District. The Cowen Park Bridge is one of two bridges that span the Ravenna Park ravine (the other being the 20th Avenue NE Bridge built in 1913) but is the only one open to vehicular traffic.
The bridge was built in 1936 under the authority of the Works Progress Administration. The bridge engineer was Clark Eldridge. The structure is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and it is a designated city landmark. The bridge has been praised for the 12 ft (3.7 m) Art Deco light standards along its sides.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Cowen Park Bridge" and modified on December 11, 2024 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Clark Eldridge (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- : Spanning Washington. Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State. Washington State University Press, Pullman (USA), pp. 158-159.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20052186 - Published on:
16/01/2010 - Last updated on:
09/12/2024
