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Dedicated: 11/6/1916
Designers: John Ericson, Thomas G. Pihlfeldt, Alexander von Babo, Hugh E. Young, Edward Bennett
Classification:Double Deck (train / auto); Through Trusses
Clear Span: 209 feet
Trunnion-to-Trunnion Span: 245 feet
Width: 70 feet
Leaf Weight: 2,100 tons (est)
Height above the Water: 16 feet
Construction Cost in 1916: $619,846
Average Daily Foot Traffic (1999): 3,948
Average Daily Vehicular Traffic (2006): 14,500
Average Daily Train Traffic: 526 (est)
Annual Lifts (2006): 44
Last Rehabilitated: 1995
Cultural: Movies –Wanted (2008)
Engineering Drawings
1914 Elevation Drawing of the West Bridge Tender House
1914 Elevation Drawing of the East Bridge Tender House
1994 Bridge Plan and Elevation
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