The Grant Street Bridge was a main thoroughfare in Seattle, Washington, constructed in 1886.[1] The bridge was built on timber piles, or a pier, as the city grew south over the mudflats of Elliott Bay's shore and the Duwamish River estuary.[2] The structure was expansive and, based on various accounts from the time, stretched between half to a full mile long.[3][4] The city eventually filled in the tideflats to create Seattle Boulevard, the arterial later called Airport Way.[1]
Grant Street Bridge | |
|---|---|
 View from north west Beacon Hill, ca. 1900 | |
| Carries | Primary thoroughfare from between Seattle and South Seattle |
| Crosses | Duwamish River and Elliott Bay mudflats |
| Locale | Seattle, Washington |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Timber-pile bridge |
References edit
- ^ a b Tobin, Caroline (May 2004). "Beacon Hill Historic Context Statement" (PDF). City Of Seattle Department Of Neighborhoods. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ Stein, Alan J. (January 18, 2000). "HistoryLink essay 2074, Thomson, Reginald Heber (1856-1949)". HistoryLink. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ Pacific Reporter, Vol 29. West Publishing Company. 1892. p. 1059.
- ^ Bagely, Clarence (1916). History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2. Seattle, WA: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 821.