North 23rd Street Bridge

The North 23rd Street Bridge in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is a concrete rigid frame bridge that was designed by engineers Waddell & Harrington in 1909. It was built for the City of Tacoma by contractors Creelman, Putman, and Healy.

A lamp post on the bridge

North 23rd Street Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Spans Buckley Gulch, N. Fife and Oakes, Tacoma, Washington
Coordinates	47°16′7.4″N 122°28′16″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909
Built by	Creelman, Putnam & Healy
Architect	Waddell & Harrington
Architectural style	Rigid-frame bridge, Other
MPS	Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR
NRHP reference No.	82004281[1]
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1982

It is significant as an early concrete rigid frame bridge. It has "massive, overdesigned concrete beams" that are "6 feet wide at the center, and 13 feet at the ends". The beams are "8 feet deep at the center, and 12 feet deep at the ends." It is 312 feet (95 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide.[2]^:1–2

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

See also

• North 21st Street Bridge, shorter but wider and using continuous beams, also designed by Waddell & Harrington and also NRHP-listed

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Lisa Soderberg (1979). "HAER/Washington State Bridge Inventory: North 23rd Street Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-10. with one photo