South Park Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 47°31′45″N 122°18′50″W / 47.5293°N 122.314°W |
Crosses | Duwamish River |
Locale | South Park, Seattle, Washington |
Maintained by | King County, Washington |
Characteristics | |
Design | Double-leaf bascule |
Total length | 1,285 feet (392 m) (original bridge)[1] |
Longest span | Bascule span: 190 feet (58 m) (two 95-foot leaves)[1] |
History | |
Designer | HNTB |
Constructed by | Kiewit-Massman |
Construction start | 2011 |
Opened | 2014 |
Location | |
The South Park Bridge (also called the 14th/16th Avenue South Bridge) is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened in 2014, the current bridge replaced a 1931 bascule bridge that carried the same name and had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridge is operated by the King County government.[2] It carries automobile traffic over the Duwamish River[2] near Boeing Field, just outside the city limits of Seattle, and is named for the nearby South Park neighborhood of Seattle.