McMillin Bridge

	McMillin Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Puyallup, Washington
Built	1966
Architect	Hadley, Homer M.; Witt, W.H., Co.
Architectural style	Other
MPS	Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR
NRHP reference No.	82004275
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1982

McMillin Bridge
McMillin Bridge
Coordinates	47°07′49″N 122°14′07″W / 47.130217°N 122.235261°W
Carries	SR 162
Crosses	Puyallup River
Locale	Pierce County, Washington
Characteristics
Design	concrete half-through truss bridge
Longest span	170 feet (52 m)
History
Opened	1967
Location

The McMillin Bridge (also known as the Puyallup River Bridge^[2]) is a concrete half-through truss bridge crossing the Puyallup River, in Pierce County, Washington, built in 1966. The bridge is signed as part of State Route 162. The main span of the bridge is 170 feet (52 m) long, which was the longest beam span or concrete truss in the US when it was built. The bridge design uses a hollow-box system, which was suggested to the design company of W. H. Witt Company by Homer M. Hadley. The bridge was then built by Dolph Jones. The bridge was built to replace a steel span that had been washed out by the flooding river in 1933. Because of economic conditions the concrete design was chosen over a steel design, with a savings of $826, in addition to lower maintenance costs. The bridge is unusual in that it combines concrete with the half-through truss design, which was usually built with steel.^[3]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "Historic Bridges". Retrieved 2008-02-20.
^ Holstine 2005, pp. 205–206

Sources

Holstine, Craig; Hobbs, Richard (2005). Spanning Washington: Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State, Washington State University Press, ISBN 0-87422-281-8.

External links

Photos from the Historic American Buildings Survey

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[official-2] "Historic Bridges". Retrieved 2008-02-20.

[3] Holstine 2005, pp. 205–206

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