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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 Puyallup
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 South Hill, 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 South Hill, Washington
47°08′24″N 122°13′36″W / 47.1399°N 122.2267°W / 47.1399; -122.2267 (Tacoma Water pipeline #2 )
McMillin Bridge
Washington State Route 162
South Hill, Washington
47°07′49″N 122°14′07″W / 47.1302°N 122.2353°W / 47.1302; -122.2353 (McMillin Bridge )
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 )[a]
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 [ ]
^ Location of Puyallup River Canyon PRKM 27–35 from Czuba et al.
References [ ]
^ "Puyallup Waterway Bridge" , Bridgehunter.com , BH 34459
^ 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
^ Griffes, P.L. (2004), Pacific Boating Almanac 2004: Pacific Northwest , Prostar Publications, p. 304, ISBN 978-1-57785-500-2 , retrieved October 20, 2015
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Lincoln Avenue Bridge
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge State Highway 509
^ "BNSF Puyallup River bridge" , Bridgehunter.com , BH 47981
^ "Puyallup Avenue Bridge" , Bridgehunter.com , BH 34454
^ Puyallup Avenue Bridge , HistoryLink
^ "TRMW - Puyallup River Bridge" , Bridgehunter.com , BH 47982
^ John Caldbick (January 7, 2015), Milwaukee Road's S-Turn Trestle (Tacoma) , HistoryLink
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge Interstate 5
^ "UP - Puyallup River Bridge" , Bridgehunter.com , BH 48276
^ "George Milroy Bridge" , Bridgehunter.com
^ Puyallup River/ Meridian Street Bridge project overview , Washington State Department of Transportation
^ SR 167 - Puyallup River Bridge replacement project , Washington State Department of Transportation, October 2015, retrieved October 21, 2015
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015 .{{cite web }}
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^ "Figure 2-1 Vicinity Map" , Green River Watershed Management Plan (Volume 2) , Tacoma Water/Tacoma Public Utilities , p. 2–6, June 2006
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Electron diversion dam
^ Kapowsin Timberlands Vicinity Map , Hancock Forest Management
Books [ ]
Czuba, Jonathan A.; Magirl, Christopher S.; Czuba, Christina R.; Johnson, Kenneth H.; Olsen, Theresa D.; Curran, Christopher A.; Kimball, Halley K.; Gish, Casey C. (2012), Geomorphic Analysis of the River Response to Sedimentation Downstream of Mount Rainier, Washington , U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2012-1242, retrieved October 23, 2015
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
External links [ ]
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