East 21st Street Bridge

East 21st Street Bridge
File:East 21st Street Bridge, Tacoma underside.jpg
Coordinates
Carries	4 lanes of SR 509
Crosses	Thea Foss Waterway
Locale	Tacoma, Washington, United States
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	682 ft (208 m) or more
Width	72 ft (21.9 m)
Height	180 ft (55 m)
Longest span	503 m (1,650 ft)
History
Opened	January 22, 1997 (1997-01-22)
East 21st Street Bridge Location in Washington (state)

The East 21st Street Bridge is a 682-foot (208 m) or 707-foot (215 m) or 992-foot (302 m) long cable-stayed bridge in Tacoma, Washington completed in January, 1997. The bridge, whose most significant feature is two 180-foot (55 m) tall towers, carries four lanes State Route 509 (SR 509) across the Thea Foss Waterway from downtown Tacoma to the Port of Tacoma. SR 509 ends at a single point urban interchange with Interstate 705 west of the bridge, built as part of the same $165.3 million WSDOT project that also funded the bridge's construction.

The architect for the bridge was Jim Merritt, a Tacoma architect.

It is sometimes called Foss Waterway Bridge, although the Murray Morgan Bridge also crosses Foss Waterway.

External links

• Tacoma cable-stayed bridge, Bridgehunter
• SR-509 Foss Waterway Bridge at Emporis