Aerial photo of Lower Puyallup River crossings in City of Tacoma (Interstate 5 near lower left corner, Commencement Bay in upper right)

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Puyallup River from Puget Sound upstream to its source, the Puyallup Glacier on Mount Rainier.

Crossings

Photo Crossing River mile Carries Location Coordinates

Commencement Bay, Puget Sound 47°16′05″N 122°25′37″W / 47.268°N 122.427°W / 47.268; -122.427 (Puyallup Waterway entrance at Commencement Bay)

Puyallup Waterway Bridge / East 11th Street Bridge[1] East 11th Street (until July 2014)[2] Tacoma, Washington 47°15′36″N 122°25′08″W / 47.2601°N 122.4188°W / 47.2601; -122.4188 (East 11th Street Bridge)
Unnamed pipeline crossing 0.8[3] Sewer pipeline? Tacoma, Washington 47°15′00″N 122°24′52″W / 47.2499°N 122.4144°W / 47.2499; -122.4144 (Puyallup Waterway pipeline)
Lincoln Avenue Bridge[4] Lincoln Avenue Tacoma, Washington 47°15′00″N 122°24′51″W / 47.25000°N 122.41417°W / 47.25000; -122.41417 (Lincoln Avenue Bridge)
SR 509 Bridge Washington State Route 509[5] Tacoma, Washington 47°14′45″N 122°24′31″W / 47.24583°N 122.40861°W / 47.24583; -122.40861 (SR 509 Bridge)
BNSF Puyallup River bridge[6] (below Eells St Bridge) BNSF Railroad Tacoma, Washington 47°14′39″N 122°24′24″W / 47.2442°N 122.4067°W / 47.2442; -122.4067 (BNSF Bridge)
Eells Street Viaduct/Puyallup Avenue Bridge[7][8] (center of image) Eells Street Tacoma, Washington 47°14′35″N 122°24′18″W / 47.243°N 122.405°W / 47.243; -122.405 (Eells Street Bridge)
Old Milwaukee Road Bridge[9] (above Eells St Bridge) Tacoma Rail line, former Milwaukee Road[10] Tacoma, Washington 47°14′31″N 122°24′11″W / 47.242°N 122.403°W / 47.242; -122.403 (Old Milwaukee Road bridge)
Interstate 5 Puyallup River Bridge[11] Interstate 5 Tacoma, Washington 47°14′27″N 122°24′01″W / 47.24083°N 122.40028°W / 47.24083; -122.40028 (Interstate 5 Puyallup River Bridge)
Union Pacific Puyallup River Bridge[12] Union Pacific Railroad Tacoma, Washington 47°14′20″N 122°23′49″W / 47.239°N 122.397°W / 47.239; -122.397 (UPRR bridge)
George Milroy Bridge[13] 66th Ave E Fife, Washington 47°12′50″N 122°20′28″W / 47.214°N 122.341°W / 47.214; -122.341 (George Milroy Bridge)
Meridian Street Bridge (SR 167 Puyallup River Bridge)[14][15] (old 1925–2015 bridge shown) Washington State Route 161/Washington State Route 167 Puyallup, Washington 47°12′11″N 122°17′38″W / 47.203°N 122.294°W / 47.203; -122.294 (SR 167)
Veterans Memorial Bridge (Milwaukee Bridge)[16] Milwaukee Ave Puyallup 47°11′56″N 122°17′13″W / 47.199°N 122.287°W / 47.199; -122.287 (Veterans Memorial Bridge)
Washington State Route 512 Puyallup 47°11′38″N 122°16′59″W / 47.194°N 122.283°W / 47.194; -122.283 (SR 512)
East Main Street Puyallup 47°11′49″N 122°15′04″W / 47.197°N 122.251°W / 47.197; -122.251 (Main Street Bridge)
BNSF bridge BNSF railroad, Amtrak Puyallup 47°11′49″N 122°15′00″W / 47.197°N 122.250°W / 47.197; -122.250 (BNSF bridge)
Washington State Route 162 South Hill, Washington 47°11′06″N 122°13′44″W / 47.185°N 122.229°W / 47.185; -122.229 (SR 162)
96th Street East Near Alderton, Washington 47°10′12″N 122°12′58″W / 47.170°N 122.216°W / 47.170; -122.216 (96th Street East)
Colburn–McCutcheon Road Near McMillin, Washington 47°08′24″N 122°13′37″W / 47.140°N 122.227°W / 47.140; -122.227 (Colburn–McCutcheon Road)
Tacoma Water pipeline bridge Tacoma Water pipeline #2[17] Near McMillin, Washington 47°08′24″N 122°13′36″W / 47.1399°N 122.2267°W / 47.1399; -122.2267 (Tacoma Water pipeline #2)
McMillin Foothill's Trail Bridge Foothills Trail McMillin, Washington 47°07′47″N 122°14′10″W / 47.1297°N 122.2362°W / 47.1297; -122.2362 (Pierce County Foothills Trail)
Historic McMillin Bridge Washington State Route 162 McMillin, Washington 47°07′49″N 122°14′07″W / 47.1302°N 122.2353°W / 47.1302; -122.2353 (McMillin Bridge)
McMillin Bridge Washington State Route 162 McMillin, Washington 47°07′47″N 122°14′08″W / 47.1297°N 122.2356°W / 47.1297; -122.2356 (McMillin Bridge)
Orting Kapowsin Highway E Calistoga Street Orting, Washington 47°05′20″N 122°12′50″W / 47.089°N 122.214°W / 47.089; -122.214 (Calistoga Street Bridge)
Kapowsin Road Bridge Orville Road Near Graham, Washington 47°02′20″N 122°12′22″W / 47.039°N 122.206°W / 47.039; -122.206 (Orville Road Bridge)
Unnamed bridge Private gravel mine road? Near Graham, Washington 47°00′00″N 122°11′31″W / 47.000°N 122.192°W / 47.000; -122.192 (Unnamed bridge)
Puyallup River Canyon (RM 21–26 )[lower-alpha 1]
Electron Diversion Dam (Electron Hydroelectric Project)[19] N/A Near Electron, Washington 46°54′23″N 122°02′22″W / 46.90639°N 122.03944°W / 46.90639; -122.03944 (Electron diversion dam)
Unnamed private bridge Electron diversion dam access road (private) Near Electron, Washington 46°54′11″N 122°02′06″W / 46.903°N 122.035°W / 46.903; -122.035 (Electron hydro project bridge)
Unnamed bridge Hancock Forest Management 2-to-7 connector road[20] Kapowsin Timberlands, above Mowich River near Mount Rainier National Park 46°53′06″N 122°00′22″W / 46.885°N 122.006°W / 46.885; -122.006 (Unnamed forestry road bridge)

Mount Rainier National Park

South Puyallup River Bridge Westside Road Mount Rainier National Park 46°48′29″N 121°53′28″W / 46.808°N 121.891°W / 46.808; -121.891 (South Puyallup River Bridge)
Wonderland Trail single-log bridge (Nisqually River shown) c. 43 Wonderland Trail Mount Rainier National Park 46°48′45″N 121°52′08″W / 46.8126°N 121.8688°W / 46.8126; -121.8688 (Wonderland Trail)

Puyallup Glacier (North Puyallup River)
Tahoma Glacier (South Puyallup River)46°49′N 121°50′W / 46.82°N 121.84°W / 46.82; -121.84 (Tongue of Tahoma Glacier)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Location of Puyallup River Canyon PRKM 27–35 from Czuba et al.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Puyallup Waterway Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 34459
  2. ↑ Kate Martin (July 1, 2014), "Safety concerns prompt Tacoma to close Tideflats bridge: The City of Tacoma is closing a 103-year-old bridge on the Tideflats to all traffic in a few weeks.", Tacoma News-Tribune
  3. ↑ Griffes, P.L. (2004), Pacific Boating Almanac 2004: Pacific Northwest, Prostar Publications, p. 304, ISBN 978-1-57785-500-2, retrieved October 20, 2015
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Lincoln Avenue Bridge
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge State Highway 509
  6. ↑ "BNSF Puyallup River bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 47981
  7. ↑ "Puyallup Avenue Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 34454
  8. ↑ "Puyallup Avenue Bridge", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
  9. ↑ "TRMW - Puyallup River Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 47982
  10. ↑ John Caldbick (January 7, 2015), "Milwaukee Road's S-Turn Trestle (Tacoma)", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
  11. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge Interstate 5
  12. ↑ "UP - Puyallup River Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 48276
  13. ↑ "George Milroy Bridge", Bridgehunter.com
  14. ↑ Puyallup River/ Meridian Street Bridge project overview, Washington State Department of Transportation
  15. ↑ SR 167 - Puyallup River Bridge replacement project, Washington State Department of Transportation, October 2015, retrieved October 21, 2015
  16. ↑ "City of Puyallup > Milwaukee Bridge Replacement". Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Figure 2-1 Vicinity Map", Green River Watershed Management Plan (Volume 2), Tacoma Water/Tacoma Public Utilities, p. 2–6, June 2006
  18. ↑ Czuba et al. 2012, p. 13.
  19. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Electron diversion dam
  20. ↑ Kapowsin Timberlands Vicinity Map, Hancock Forest Management

Books

Further reading

  • River mile index, Deschutes River, Nisqually River, Puyallup River, Green River, Lake Washington, Snohomish River, Puget Sound Basin, Washington, Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission. Hydrology and Hydraulics Committee., 1969, OCLC 7112422
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