List of crossings of the Puyallup River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Puyallup River from Puget Sound upstream to its source, the Puyallup Glacier on Mount Rainier.
Crossings
Photo | Crossing | River mile | Carries | Location | Coordinates |
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Commencement Bay, Puget Sound 47°16′05″N 122°25′37″W / 47.268°N 122.427°W / 47.268; -122.427 (Puyallup Waterway entrance at Commencement Bay) | |||||
Puyallup Waterway Bridge / East 11th Street Bridge[1] | East 11th Street (until July 2014)[2] | Tacoma, Washington | 47°15′36″N 122°25′08″W / 47.2601°N 122.4188°W / 47.2601; -122.4188 (East 11th Street Bridge) | ||
Unnamed pipeline crossing | 0.8[3] | Sewer pipeline? | Tacoma, Washington | 47°15′00″N 122°24′52″W / 47.2499°N 122.4144°W / 47.2499; -122.4144 (Puyallup Waterway pipeline) | |
Lincoln Avenue Bridge[4] | Lincoln Avenue | Tacoma, Washington | 47°15′00″N 122°24′51″W / 47.25000°N 122.41417°W / 47.25000; -122.41417 (Lincoln Avenue Bridge) | ||
SR 509 Bridge | Washington State Route 509[5] | Tacoma, Washington | 47°14′45″N 122°24′31″W / 47.24583°N 122.40861°W / 47.24583; -122.40861 (SR 509 Bridge) | ||
BNSF Puyallup River bridge[6] (below Eells St Bridge) | BNSF Railroad | Tacoma, Washington | 47°14′39″N 122°24′24″W / 47.2442°N 122.4067°W / 47.2442; -122.4067 (BNSF Bridge) | ||
Eells Street Viaduct/Puyallup Avenue Bridge[7][8] (center of image) | Eells Street | Tacoma, Washington | 47°14′35″N 122°24′18″W / 47.243°N 122.405°W / 47.243; -122.405 (Eells Street Bridge) | ||
Old Milwaukee Road Bridge[9] (above Eells St Bridge) | Tacoma Rail line, former Milwaukee Road[10] | Tacoma, Washington | 47°14′31″N 122°24′11″W / 47.242°N 122.403°W / 47.242; -122.403 (Old Milwaukee Road bridge) | ||
Interstate 5 Puyallup River Bridge[11] | Interstate 5 | Tacoma, Washington | 47°14′27″N 122°24′01″W / 47.24083°N 122.40028°W / 47.24083; -122.40028 (Interstate 5 Puyallup River Bridge) | ||
Union Pacific Puyallup River Bridge[12] | Union Pacific Railroad | Tacoma, Washington | 47°14′20″N 122°23′49″W / 47.239°N 122.397°W / 47.239; -122.397 (UPRR bridge) | ||
George Milroy Bridge[13] | 66th Ave E | Fife, Washington | 47°12′50″N 122°20′28″W / 47.214°N 122.341°W / 47.214; -122.341 (George Milroy Bridge) | ||
Meridian Street Bridge (SR 167 Puyallup River Bridge)[14][15] (old 1925–2015 bridge shown) | Washington State Route 161/Washington State Route 167 | Puyallup, Washington | 47°12′11″N 122°17′38″W / 47.203°N 122.294°W / 47.203; -122.294 (SR 167) | ||
Veterans Memorial Bridge (Milwaukee Bridge)[16] | Milwaukee Ave | Puyallup | 47°11′56″N 122°17′13″W / 47.199°N 122.287°W / 47.199; -122.287 (Veterans Memorial Bridge) | ||
Washington State Route 512 | Puyallup | 47°11′38″N 122°16′59″W / 47.194°N 122.283°W / 47.194; -122.283 (SR 512) | |||
East Main Street | Puyallup | 47°11′49″N 122°15′04″W / 47.197°N 122.251°W / 47.197; -122.251 (Main Street Bridge) | |||
BNSF bridge | BNSF railroad, Amtrak | Puyallup | 47°11′49″N 122°15′00″W / 47.197°N 122.250°W / 47.197; -122.250 (BNSF bridge) | ||
Washington State Route 162 | South Hill, Washington | 47°11′06″N 122°13′44″W / 47.185°N 122.229°W / 47.185; -122.229 (SR 162) | |||
96th Street East | Near Alderton, Washington | 47°10′12″N 122°12′58″W / 47.170°N 122.216°W / 47.170; -122.216 (96th Street East) | |||
Colburn–McCutcheon Road | Near McMillin, Washington | 47°08′24″N 122°13′37″W / 47.140°N 122.227°W / 47.140; -122.227 (Colburn–McCutcheon Road) | |||
Tacoma Water pipeline bridge | Tacoma Water pipeline #2[17] | Near McMillin, Washington | 47°08′24″N 122°13′36″W / 47.1399°N 122.2267°W / 47.1399; -122.2267 (Tacoma Water pipeline #2) | ||
McMillin Foothill's Trail Bridge | Foothills Trail | McMillin, Washington | 47°07′47″N 122°14′10″W / 47.1297°N 122.2362°W / 47.1297; -122.2362 (Pierce County Foothills Trail) | ||
Historic McMillin Bridge | Washington State Route 162 | McMillin, Washington | 47°07′49″N 122°14′07″W / 47.1302°N 122.2353°W / 47.1302; -122.2353 (McMillin Bridge) | ||
McMillin Bridge | Washington State Route 162 | McMillin, Washington | 47°07′47″N 122°14′08″W / 47.1297°N 122.2356°W / 47.1297; -122.2356 (McMillin Bridge) | ||
Orting Kapowsin Highway E | Calistoga Street | Orting, Washington | 47°05′20″N 122°12′50″W / 47.089°N 122.214°W / 47.089; -122.214 (Calistoga Street Bridge) | ||
Kapowsin Road Bridge | Orville Road | Near Graham, Washington | 47°02′20″N 122°12′22″W / 47.039°N 122.206°W / 47.039; -122.206 (Orville Road Bridge) | ||
Unnamed bridge | Private gravel mine road? | Near Graham, Washington | 47°00′00″N 122°11′31″W / 47.000°N 122.192°W / 47.000; -122.192 (Unnamed bridge) | ||
Puyallup River Canyon (RM 21–26 )[a] | |||||
Electron Diversion Dam (Electron Hydroelectric Project)[19] | N/A | Near Electron, Washington | 46°54′23″N 122°02′22″W / 46.90639°N 122.03944°W / 46.90639; -122.03944 (Electron diversion dam) | ||
Unnamed private bridge | Electron diversion dam access road (private) | Near Electron, Washington | 46°54′11″N 122°02′06″W / 46.903°N 122.035°W / 46.903; -122.035 (Electron hydro project bridge) | ||
Unnamed bridge | Hancock Forest Management 2-to-7 connector road[20] | Kapowsin Timberlands, above Mowich River near Mount Rainier National Park | 46°53′06″N 122°00′22″W / 46.885°N 122.006°W / 46.885; -122.006 (Unnamed forestry road bridge) | ||
South Puyallup River Bridge | Westside Road | Mount Rainier National Park | 46°48′29″N 121°53′28″W / 46.808°N 121.891°W / 46.808; -121.891 (South Puyallup River Bridge) | ||
Wonderland Trail single-log bridge (Nisqually River shown) | c. 43 | Wonderland Trail | Mount Rainier National Park | 46°48′45″N 121°52′08″W / 46.8126°N 121.8688°W / 46.8126; -121.8688 (Wonderland Trail) | |
Puyallup Glacier (North Puyallup River) |
See also
Notes
- ^ Location of Puyallup River Canyon PRKM 27–35 from Czuba et al.[18]
References
- ^ "Puyallup Waterway Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 34459
- ^ Kate Martin (July 1, 2014), "Safety concerns prompt Tacoma to close Tideflats bridge: The City of Tacoma is closing a 103-year-old bridge on the Tideflats to all traffic in a few weeks.", Tacoma News-Tribune
- ^ Griffes, P.L. (2004), Pacific Boating Almanac 2004: Pacific Northwest, Prostar Publications, p. 304, ISBN 978-1-57785-500-2, retrieved October 20, 2015
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Lincoln Avenue Bridge
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge State Highway 509
- ^ "BNSF Puyallup River bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 47981
- ^ "Puyallup Avenue Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 34454
- ^ "Puyallup Avenue Bridge", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
- ^ "TRMW - Puyallup River Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 47982
- ^ John Caldbick (January 7, 2015), "Milwaukee Road's S-Turn Trestle (Tacoma)", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge Interstate 5
- ^ "UP - Puyallup River Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 48276
- ^ "George Milroy Bridge", Bridgehunter.com
- ^ Puyallup River/ Meridian Street Bridge project overview, Washington State Department of Transportation
- ^ SR 167 - Puyallup River Bridge replacement project, Washington State Department of Transportation, October 2015, retrieved October 21, 2015
- ^ "City of Puyallup > Milwaukee Bridge Replacement". Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Figure 2-1 Vicinity Map", Green River Watershed Management Plan (Volume 2), Tacoma Water/Tacoma Public Utilities, p. 2–6, June 2006
- ^ Czuba et al. 2012, p. 13.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Electron diversion dam
- ^ Kapowsin Timberlands Vicinity Map, Hancock Forest Management
Books
- Czuba, Jonathan A.; Magirl, Christopher S.; Czuba, Christina R.; Johnson, Kenneth H.; Olsen, Theresa D.; Curran, Christopher A.; Kimball, Halley K.; Gish, Casey C. (2012), Geomorphic Analysis of the River Response to Sedimentation Downstream of Mount Rainier, Washington, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2012-1242, retrieved October 23, 2015
Further reading
- River mile index, Deschutes River, Nisqually River, Puyallup River, Green River, Lake Washington, Snohomish River, Puget Sound Basin, Washington, Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission. Hydrology and Hydraulics Committee., 1969, OCLC 7112422
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bridges over the Puyallup River.
- Pierce County bridges at uglybridges.com