Grant Street Bridge
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CarriesPrimary thoroughfare from between Seattle and South Seattle
CrossesDuwamish River and Elliott Bay mudflats
LocaleSeattle, Washington
Grant Street Bridge | |
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 View from north west Beacon Hill, ca. 1900 | |
| Coordinates | 47°32′30″N 122°18′13″W / 47.5418°N 122.3035°W |
| Carries | Primary thoroughfare from between Seattle and South Seattle |
| Crosses | Duwamish River and Elliott Bay mudflats |
| Locale | Seattle, Washington |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Timber-pile bridge |
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The Grant Street Bridge was a main thoroughfare in Seattle, Washington, constructed in 1886.[1] The bridge was built on timber piles, or a pier, as the city grew south over the mudflats of Elliott Bay's shore and the Duwamish River estuary.[2] The structure was expansive and, based on various accounts from the time, stretched between half to a full mile long.[3][4] The city eventually filled in the tideflats to create Seattle Boulevard, the arterial later called Airport Way.[1]