Monroe Street Bridge (Spokane, Washington)
Monroe Street Bridge | |
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View from southwest in 2007 | |
| Coordinates | 47°39′38″N 117°25′36″W / 47.6605°N 117.4267°W |
| Crosses | Spokane River |
| Locale | Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Named for | Monroe Street |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Decked-arch bridge |
| Material | Reinforced concrete |
| Total length | 896 ft (273 m) |
| Width | 50 ft (15 m) roadway with 9 ft (2.7 m) sidewalks |
| Height | 136 ft (41.5 m) |
| Longest span | 281 ft (85.6 m) |
| History | |
| Construction cost | $500,000 (1911) $18 million (2003–2005 restoration) |
| Opened | November 23, 1911 |
| Rebuilt | 2003–2005 |
| Statistics | |
Monroe Street Bridge | |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | Cutter & Malmgren |
| MPS | Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR (AD) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001920 |
| Added to NRHP | May 13, 1976 |
| Location | |
The Monroe Street Bridge is a deck arch bridge in the northwestern United States that spans the Spokane River in Spokane, Washington. It was built 114 years ago in 1911 by the city of Spokane, and was designed by city engineer John Chester Ralston, assisted in construction supervision by Morton Macartney (and by assistant engineers J. F. Greene and P.F. Kennedy) with ornamentation provided by the firm of Kirtland Kelsey Cutter and Karl G. Malmgren as part of Cutter & Malmgren.
At completion, it was the largest concrete arch bridge in the U.S. and the third longest in the world. After more than ninety years of service, it was closed in January 2003 for restoration and reopened in September 2005.