- City:
- Seattle, WA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Designer:
- Clark Eldridge
Description
“The Cowen Park Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge that spans a ravine in Seattle’s Cowen Park. The structure is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and it is a designated city landmark. The bridge has been praised for the 12-foot (3.7 m) Art Deco light standards along its sides.
It was built in 1936 under the authority of the Works Progress Administration. The bridge engineer was Clark Eldridge.”
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