Purdy Bridge

The Purdy Bridge is a continuous reinforced concrete box girder bridge that spans 550 feet (170 m), with a central span of 190 feet (58 m), between Henderson Bay and Burley Lagoon. The bridge connects Purdy, Washington with the Purdy Sand Spit Park and Wauna, Washington.

Purdy Bridge
Purdy Bridge is located in Washington (state)
Purdy Bridge
LocationPurdy, Washington
Coordinates47°23′02″N 122°37′41″W
Built1936
ArchitectW. H. Craft
MPSHistoric Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR
NRHP reference No.82004274[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 16, 1982

Purdy Bridge was completed on September 29, 1937,[2] at a cost of $62,000, from a design by Homer M. Hadley. It was the first bridge in the United States to utilize a reinforced-concrete box girder design and it was the longest continuous box girder bridge in the United States at the time.[3][4]

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

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Purdy (Spit) Bridge is completed in Pierce County on September 29, 1937".
  3. Holstine & Hobbs 2005, pp. 219–220
  4. Slater 2007, p. 102

Sources
  • Holstine, Craig E.; Hobbs, Richard (2005). Spanning Washington: Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State. Pullman, Wash.: Washington State University Press. ISBN 0-87422-281-8. OCLC 58043209.
  • Slater, Colleen A. (2007). The Key Peninsula. OCLC 1065553228.


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