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Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

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Nisqually Glacier Bridge, Spanning Nisqually River at Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

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Significance: The first bridge on the site was distinguished for its construction at the snout of the Nisqually Glacier; this made the Nisqually Road "the first road in America to reach a glacier." However, the siting just below the massive glacier led to the destruction or heavy damage to four subsequent bridges by glacier floods. The present high-level bridge, 600' below the old bridge site, was designed to survive the extreme conditions sometimes encountered at the crossing.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N61
Survey number: HAER WA-61
Building/structure dates: 1958- 1961 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000344

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1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
West Coast Steel Works
Gray, John R
Malvarson, Carl M
Tomlinson, Owen A
Vint, Thomas C
Bureau of Public Roads
Hull, Daniel R
Feldschau & Chaffee
Western Construction Company
Gray, John R
Quin, Richard, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
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Location

lewis county46.74983, -121.81260
Google Map of 46.74983109999999, -121.8125968
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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