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Christine Falls Bridge

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5. HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH OF FIRST CHRISTINE FALLS BRIDGE, BUILT BY U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CA. 1908. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKEN 1911. MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK ARCHIVES - Christine Falls Bridge, Spanning Van Trump Creek on Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County,
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at the same time. The arch has a three-centered profile and spans 56 feet (17 m). The bridge is 30 feet (9.1 m) wide. It was faced with rubble stonework and is an example of
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The first Christine Falls Bridge was condemned in 1917 because it was "badly decayed". A 60-foot-long (18 m) bridge was constructed closer to the falls as a replacement.
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Report of the Director of the National Park Service to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1917
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Two other bridges formerly existed at this location. The "Old Christine Falls Bridge", built circa 1908 by the
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Christine Falls Bridge, Spanning Van Trump Creek on Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA
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design. Its span was 100 feet (30 m) and was 100 feet (30 m) above the surface.
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Coordinates
46°46′51″N 121°46′46″W / 46.78083°N 121.77944°W / 46.78083; -121.77944
Paradise, Washington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS
Mount Rainier National Park MPS
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Mount Rainier National Park
Van Trump Creek
Christine Falls
Narada Falls Bridge
National Park Service Rustic
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark District
US Army Corps of Engineers
Howe truss
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Washington (state)


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Pacific Northwest Regional Office Inventory: Christine Falls Bridge"
"Mount Rainier National Park: Old Christine Falls Bridge (1908)"
5. HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH OF FIRST CHRISTINE FALLS BRIDGE, BUILT BY U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CA. 1908. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKEN 1911. MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK ARCHIVES - Christine Falls Bridge, Spanning Van Trump Creek on Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Christine Falls Bridge
Christine Falls
Historic American Engineering Record

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