Harold G. Moss Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 47°13′50.1″N 122°25′43.9″W / 47.230583°N 122.428861°W |
Carries | East 34th Street |
Crosses | SR 7 |
Locale | Tacoma, Washington |
Other name(s) | East 34th Street Bridge |
Heritage status | NRHP |
Characteristics | |
Design | Open-spandrel arch |
Material | Concrete |
Total length | 485-foot (148 m) |
History | |
Architect | C.D. Forsbeck, MacRae |
Opened | October 21, 1936 |
East 34th Street Bridge | |
MPS | Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82004279 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 16, 1982 |
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The Harold G. Moss Bridge, originally the East 34th Street Bridge, is a concrete open- spandrel bridge in Tacoma, Washington. The bridge was opened on October 20, 1936, to replace a wood bridge that had previously spanned the gulch. [2] The bridge is constructed of two rib arches, that are supported by 24-foot (7 m) support legs, with spandrel columns between the arches and the bridge's 485-foot (148 m) deck. The concrete railings on the deck are adorned with urn-shaped lampposts. [3]
A freeway section of State Route 7, proposed as part of the Mountain Freeway, was constructed in the gulch and under the bridge in the 1960s. [4] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[ citation needed] It was renamed for Harold G. Moss, the first Black mayor of Tacoma, on October 1, 2019. [5] Moss was also the 34th mayor of the city. [6] [7]