Magnolia Bridge

Bridge and viaduct in Seattle, Washington, United States

47°38′0.6″N 122°22′58.6″W / 47.633500°N 122.382944°W / 47.633500; -122.382944CarriesW. Garfield StreetCrossesSmith CoveLocaleSeattle, Washington, U.S.Location Map

The Magnolia Bridge is a warren deck truss bridge that carries automobile traffic in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was built in 1930 and connects the neighborhoods of Magnolia and Interbay over the filled-in tidelands of Smith Cove. The bridge is one of only four road connections from Magnolia to the rest of Seattle. It carries W. Garfield Street from Magnolia Way W. in the west to the intersection of Elliott and 15th Avenues W. in the east.

In 1910, when a bridge was first proposed for this location, Queen Anne Hill and Magnolia were already connected by several trestles across Interbay, each spanning the railway that ran north–south through Interbay. By 1912 a wooden trestle had been built. The wooden trestle was replaced by a concrete structure in 1930 and improved in 1957 to provide a grade separation from Elliott Avenue West. In 1960 the bridge was renamed from the "Garfield Street Bridge" to the "Magnolia Bridge" as a result of community efforts by Magnolia residents.^[1]

The bridge's support columns were damaged by the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, temporarily closing it for repairs. As part of disaster-relief funding after the earthquake, a replacement for the Magnolia Bridge was granted $9 million in federal funds, but design of the new bridge stalled in the late 2000s.^[2]

References

^ BOLA Architecture + Planning & Northwest Archaeological Associates, Inc., Port of Seattle North Bay Project DEIS: Historic and Cultural Resources Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Port of Seattle, April 5, 2005. Accessed online 25 July 2008. p. 13 of the document (p. 15 of the PDF).
^ Wooton, Monica (March 22, 2016). "The long effort to replace the Magnolia Bridge". Queen Anne & Magnolia News. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

External links

Media related to Magnolia Bridge (Seattle) at Wikimedia Commons
City of Seattle
Replacement project

Bridges and tunnels in and around Seattle

Bridges

Road	Alaskan Way Viaduct Ballard Bridge Cowen Park Bridge East Channel Bridge Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (1963) Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (2016) First Avenue South Bridge Fremont Bridge George Washington Memorial Bridge (Aurora Bridge) Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge Jose Rizal Bridge Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge Magnolia Bridge Montlake Bridge North Queen Anne Drive Bridge Schmitz Park Bridge Ship Canal Bridge South Park Bridge Spokane Street Bridge 20th Avenue NE Bridge University Bridge West Seattle Bridge West Spokane Street Bridge
Rail	Salmon Bay Bridge Wilburton Trestle

Road

Alaskan Way Viaduct
Ballard Bridge
Cowen Park Bridge
East Channel Bridge
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (1963)
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (2016)
First Avenue South Bridge
Fremont Bridge
George Washington Memorial Bridge (Aurora Bridge)
Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge
Jose Rizal Bridge
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge
Magnolia Bridge
Montlake Bridge
North Queen Anne Drive Bridge
Schmitz Park Bridge
Ship Canal Bridge
South Park Bridge
Spokane Street Bridge
20th Avenue NE Bridge
University Bridge
West Seattle Bridge
West Spokane Street Bridge

Rail

Tunnels

Road	State Route 99 Tunnel Aubrey Davis Park (Mercer Island Lid) Battery Street Tunnel Convention Center-Freeway Park Lid Mount Baker Tunnel
Rail	Beacon Hill Tunnel Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel Great Northern Tunnel Northgate Link tunnel University Link tunnel
Utility	Brightwater sewage tunnel

Italics denote former bridges and tunnels.

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