High Steel Bridge

High Steel Bridge
High Steel Bridge
Carries	Passenger vehicles and logging trucks
Crosses	South fork, Skokomish River
Locale	Mason County, Washington
Official name	Forest Service Road 2202
Maintained by	United States Forest Service
Characteristics
Design	Truss arch
Material	Steel
Total length	685 feet (209 m)^[1]
Height	420 feet (130 m)^[1]
History
Designer	American Bridge Co.
Opened	1929

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location	Shelton, WA
Coordinates	47°22′05″N 123°16′47″W / 47.3680°N 123.2798°W / 47.3680; -123.2798Coordinates: 47°22′05″N 123°16′47″W / 47.3680°N 123.2798°W / 47.3680; -123.2798
MPS	Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR
NRHP Reference #	82004265 ^[2]
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1982

High Steel Bridge is a truss arch bridge that spans the south fork of the Skokomish River in Mason County, Washington. It was built in 1929 by Simpson Logging Company as part of a logging railroad.

Its construction opened up an area of Olympic Peninsula timber that was previously inaccessible. The bridge span supported a single logging railroad track. In 1950, the tracks were replaced with wooden planks, allowing vehicles to pass. 1964 brought the relatively modern addition of concrete decking and guardrails.

The High Steel Bridge is one of only two Washington bridges that is considered a long-span structure formerly used as part of a logging railroad.

Notes

1 2 Allan, Dedrick (2009-06-08). "HIKERS RESCUED AFTER GETTING STUCK UNDER STEEL BRIDGE". Mason County Daily News. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
↑ Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

References

High Steel Bridge at ExploreHoodCanal.com, Mason County's official tourism site
from Exotic Hikes and the Outdoor Society, the Olympic Peninsula and National Park Experts

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types

Lists by states	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

Lists by associated states	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau

Other areas	District of Columbia Morocco

Category Portal WikiProject

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, December 29, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.