Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Pontoon bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Other name(s): | Lake Washington Floating Bridge |
| Completed in: | 1940 |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA, North America |
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| Crosses |
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| Next to |
Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge (1989)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| length | 2 377.44 m |
Materials
| superstructure |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| November 1990 | Closed for renovations, a 850 meter long section of the bridge sinks after a storm. |
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Participants
Relevant Web Sites
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HAER: Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Floating Bridge, Spanning Lake Washington at I-90, Seattle, King County, WA
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Wikipedia: Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge
Relevant Publications
- Spanning Washington, Washington State University Press, Pullman (USA); pp. 178-179
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 314-315
- Performance concrete for the Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
- The Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge, USA, in "Structural Engineering International", August 1993, n. 3 v. 3
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0003703 |
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| Created: | 18/06/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |