Harold G. Moss Bridge
Coordinates47°13′50.1″N 122°25′43.9″W / 47.230583°N 122.428861°W / 47.230583; -122.428861
CarriesEast 34th Street
Crosses SR 7
LocaleTacoma, Washington
Other name(s)East 34th Street Bridge
Heritage statusNRHP
Characteristics
DesignOpen-spandrel arch
MaterialConcrete
Total length485-foot (148 m)
History
ArchitectC.D. Forsbeck, MacRae
OpenedOctober 21, 1936
East 34th Street Bridge
MPSHistoric Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR
NRHP reference No.82004279 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 16, 1982
Location

The Harold G. Moss Bridge, originally the East 34th Street Bridge, is a concrete open-spandrel bridge in Tacoma, Washington. The bridge was opened on October 20, 1936, to replace a wood bridge that had previously spanned the gulch.[2] The bridge is constructed of two rib arches, that are supported by 24-foot (7 m) support legs, with spandrel columns between the arches and the bridge's 485-foot (148 m) deck. The concrete railings on the deck are adorned with urn-shaped lampposts.[3]

A freeway section of State Route 7, proposed as part of the Mountain Freeway, was constructed in the gulch and under the bridge in the 1960s.[4] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was renamed for Harold G. Moss, the first Black mayor of Tacoma, on October 1, 2019.[5] Moss was also the 34th mayor of the city.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ "10,000 at Opening Of Span". Tacoma Daily Ledger. October 21, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Holstine & Hobbs 2005, p. 202
  4. ↑ Ferguson, Dick (January 1, 1967). "King of the Sidewalk: Supers Misses 'Work'". The News Tribune. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "City of Tacoma to Honor Mayor Emeritus Harold G. Moss" (Press release). City of Tacoma. September 26, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  6. ↑ "City of Tacoma Mourns Passing of Former Mayor Harold G. Moss" (Press release). City of Tacoma. September 22, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  7. ↑ Sailor, Craig (September 23, 2020). "Harold Moss, Tacoma's first Black mayor and a city icon, has died". The News Tribune. Retrieved October 29, 2023.

Sources

  • Holstine, Craig; 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.


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