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contiguous area, with the smaller area west of the bridge deemed Cowen Park and the larger area east of the bridge considered Ravenna Park. The bridge, which spans from NE 62nd Street to Cowen Place NE, connects the northern
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A street-level view of 15th Avenue NE as it continues along the Cowen Park Bridge.
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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
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A close-up of one of the Art Deco light standards on the Cowen Park Bridge.
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built in 1913) but is the only one open to vehicular traffic.
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The bridge was built in 1936 under the authority of the
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An art deco styled concrete bridge over a wooded ravine
Coordinates
47°40′24″N 122°18′43″W / 47.67332°N 122.31194°W / 47.67332; -122.31194
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Seattle Landmark
Seattle, Washington
MPS
82004233
arch bridge
Seattle
Washington
Cowen Park
Ravenna-Cowen Park
Roosevelt
Ravenna
University District
20th Avenue NE Bridge
Works Progress Administration
Clark Eldridge
National Register of Historic Places
city landmark
Art Deco
A street-level view of 15th Avenue NE as it continues along the Cowen Park Bridge.
A close-up of one of the Art Deco light standards on the Cowen Park Bridge.
"WPA builds Cowen Park Bridge in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood in 1936"
HistoryLink
the original
National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties (Part II)
the original
"Individual Landmarks"

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