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            <div class="contactborderpeach"><img src="../../images/dark_red_arrow.gif" width="12" height="12" alt="*" border="0" align="texttop">&nbsp;<span class="bolddarkred">STRUCTURAL<br>
            OBSERVATIONS:</span> <span class="boldorange">BRIDGES</span><br><hr noshade height="1px">
            Contact: Marc Eberhard, <a href="mailto:eberhard@u.washington.edu">eberhard@u.washington.edu</a><br>
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            <span class="headerblack">Earthquake Damage Facts and Figures:  Bridges</span><br><br>

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<span class="bolddarkred">Seattle:</span><br>

<span class="bodyorange">City Bridges:</span><br><br>
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<span class="boldblack">Magnolia Bridge</span>
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<li>closed</li>
<li>transverse concrete 12 T-braces broken </li>
<li>estimated repair time 6 months at $1 million</li>
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<span class="boldblack">Emerson St. viaduct</span>
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<li>sacrificial expansion joint sacrificed</li>
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<span class="boldblack">Swing Bridge</span>
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<li>bumper block sheared off indicating bridge may have over-traveled.</li>
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<span class="bodyorange">County Bridges:</span><br><br>
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<span class="boldblack">South Park Bridge</span>
<span class="boldblack">Bascule Bridge</span>
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<span class="bodyorange">State Bridges:</span><br><br>
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<span class="boldblack">Bascule Bridge</span><br>
1st Avenue S.
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<li>misaligned 3 inches</li>
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<span class="boldblack">4th Avenue s. onramp to I-90</span>
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<li>closed</li>
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<span class="boldblack">I-5 Holgate overpass, Seattle</span>
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<li>short column</li>
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<span class="boldblack">Hwy 99 overpass, Spokane</span>
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<li>restrainer</li>
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<span class="boldblack">Spokane viaduct</span>
<span class="boldblack">Tolt Bridge, Snoqualmie</span><br>
NE Tolt Hill Rd where it bridges the Snoqualmie River (Thomas guide pg 569-gridC2)
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<li>older concrete double tee construction, sitting on timber columns and bents</li>
<li>multiple short spans - sounds like the damage is in the concrete double tees near the bearings - Bridge still closed</li>
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<span class="bolddarkred">Olympia:</span><br><br>

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<span class="boldblack">4th Avenue Bridge</span>
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<li>bridge is an older structure that suffered damage in the 1949 magnitude 7.1 event </li>
<li>the bridge was in line for demolishing </li>
<li>railings fell from top onto the road</li>
<li>columns at the south end of the bridge showed confinement damage at the top</li>
<li>vertical and shear cracks occurred in one column which carried an expansion joint</li>
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<span class="bolddarkred">Tacoma</span><br><br>

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<span class="boldblack">South Park Bridge</span><br>
Bascule bridge over the Duwamish River just south of the 1st ave bridge<br>
14th Ave S/16th Ave S
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<li>some elements damaged, unable to open to water traffic</li>
<li>bridge reopened to vehicular traffic</li>
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<span class="bolddarkred">Bellevue</span><br><br>
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<span class="boldblack">Lakemont Boulevard Bridge </span>
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<li>found cracks</li>
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<span class="boldblack">Meydenbauer Bridge</span>
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<li>cracks in main support girders on the east side </li>
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<span class="bolddarkred">Bremerton</span><br><br>
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<span class="boldblack">Warren Avenue Bridge </span>
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<li>closed by the city</li>
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