List of crossings of the Puyallup River

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Puyallup River from Puget Sound upstream to its source, the Puyallup Glacier on Mount Rainier.

Crossings

Photo	Crossing	River mile	Carries	Location	Coordinates
Commencement Bay, Puget Sound 47°16′05″N 122°25′37″W / 47.268°N 122.427°W / 47.268; -122.427
	Puyallup Waterway Bridge / East 11th Street Bridge^[1]		East 11th Street (until July 2014)^[2]	Tacoma, Washington	47°15′36″N 122°25′08″W / 47.2601°N 122.4188°W / 47.2601; -122.4188 (East 11th Street Bridge)
	Unnamed pipeline crossing	0.8^[3]	Sewer pipeline?	Tacoma, Washington	47°15′00″N 122°24′52″W / 47.2499°N 122.4144°W / 47.2499; -122.4144 (Puyallup Waterway pipeline)
	Lincoln Avenue Bridge^[4]		Lincoln Avenue	Tacoma, Washington	47°15′00″N 122°24′51″W / 47.25000°N 122.41417°W / 47.25000; -122.41417 (Lincoln Avenue Bridge)
	SR 509 Bridge		Washington State Route 509^[5]	Tacoma, Washington	47°14′45″N 122°24′31″W / 47.24583°N 122.40861°W / 47.24583; -122.40861 (SR 509 Bridge)
	BNSF Puyallup River bridge^[6] (below Eells St Bridge)		BNSF Railroad	Tacoma, Washington	47°14′39″N 122°24′24″W / 47.2442°N 122.4067°W / 47.2442; -122.4067 (BNSF Bridge)
	Eells Street Viaduct/Puyallup Avenue Bridge^[7]^[8] (center of image)		Eells Street	Tacoma, Washington	47°14′35″N 122°24′18″W / 47.243°N 122.405°W / 47.243; -122.405 (Eells Street Bridge)
	Old Milwaukee Road Bridge^[9] (above Eells St Bridge)		Tacoma Rail line, former Milwaukee Road^[10]	Tacoma, Washington	47°14′31″N 122°24′11″W / 47.242°N 122.403°W / 47.242; -122.403 (Old Milwaukee Road bridge)
	Interstate 5 Puyallup River Bridge^[11]		Interstate 5	Tacoma, Washington	47°14′27″N 122°24′01″W / 47.24083°N 122.40028°W / 47.24083; -122.40028
	Union Pacific Puyallup River Bridge^[12]		Union Pacific Railroad	Tacoma, Washington	47°14′20″N 122°23′49″W / 47.239°N 122.397°W / 47.239; -122.397 (UPRR bridge)
	George Milroy Bridge^[13]		66th Ave E	Fife, Washington	47°12′50″N 122°20′28″W / 47.214°N 122.341°W / 47.214; -122.341 (George Milroy Bridge)
	Meridian Street Bridge (SR 167 Puyallup River Bridge)^[14]^[15] (old 1925–2015 bridge shown)		Washington State Route 161/Washington State Route 167	Puyallup, Washington	47°12′11″N 122°17′38″W / 47.203°N 122.294°W / 47.203; -122.294 (SR 167)
	Veterans Memorial Bridge (Milwaukee Bridge)^[16]		Milwaukee Ave	Puyallup	47°11′56″N 122°17′13″W / 47.199°N 122.287°W / 47.199; -122.287 (Veterans Memorial Bridge)
			Washington State Route 512	Puyallup	47°11′38″N 122°16′59″W / 47.194°N 122.283°W / 47.194; -122.283 (SR 512)
			East Main Street	Puyallup	47°11′49″N 122°15′04″W / 47.197°N 122.251°W / 47.197; -122.251 (Main Street Bridge)
	BNSF bridge		BNSF railroad, Amtrak	Puyallup	47°11′49″N 122°15′00″W / 47.197°N 122.250°W / 47.197; -122.250 (BNSF bridge)
			Washington State Route 162	South Hill, Washington	47°11′06″N 122°13′44″W / 47.185°N 122.229°W / 47.185; -122.229 (SR 162)
			96th Street East	Near Alderton, Washington	47°10′12″N 122°12′58″W / 47.170°N 122.216°W / 47.170; -122.216 (96th Street East)
			Colburn–McCutcheon Road	Near McMillin, Washington	47°08′24″N 122°13′37″W / 47.140°N 122.227°W / 47.140; -122.227 (Colburn–McCutcheon Road)
	Tacoma Water pipeline bridge		Tacoma Water pipeline #2^[17]	Near McMillin, Washington	47°08′24″N 122°13′36″W / 47.1399°N 122.2267°W / 47.1399; -122.2267 (Tacoma Water pipeline #2)
	McMillin Foothill's Trail Bridge		Foothills Trail	McMillin, Washington	47°07′47″N 122°14′10″W / 47.1297°N 122.2362°W / 47.1297; -122.2362 (Pierce County Foothills Trail)
	Historic McMillin Bridge		Washington State Route 162	McMillin, Washington	47°07′49″N 122°14′07″W / 47.1302°N 122.2353°W / 47.1302; -122.2353 (McMillin Bridge)
	McMillin Bridge		Washington State Route 162	McMillin, Washington	47°07′47″N 122°14′08″W / 47.1297°N 122.2356°W / 47.1297; -122.2356 (McMillin Bridge)
	Orting Kapowsin Highway E		Calistoga Street	Orting, Washington	47°05′20″N 122°12′50″W / 47.089°N 122.214°W / 47.089; -122.214 (Calistoga Street Bridge)
	Kapowsin Road Bridge		Orville Road	Near Graham, Washington	47°02′20″N 122°12′22″W / 47.039°N 122.206°W / 47.039; -122.206 (Orville Road Bridge)
	Unnamed bridge		Private gravel mine road?	Near Graham, Washington	47°00′00″N 122°11′31″W / 47.000°N 122.192°W / 47.000; -122.192 (Unnamed bridge)
Puyallup River Canyon (RM 21–26 )^[a]
	Electron Diversion Dam (Electron Hydroelectric Project)^[19]		N/A	Near Electron, Washington	46°54′23″N 122°02′22″W / 46.90639°N 122.03944°W / 46.90639; -122.03944 (Electron diversion dam)
	Unnamed private bridge		Electron diversion dam access road (private)	Near Electron, Washington	46°54′11″N 122°02′06″W / 46.903°N 122.035°W / 46.903; -122.035 (Electron hydro project bridge)
	Unnamed bridge		Hancock Forest Management 2-to-7 connector road^[20]	Kapowsin Timberlands, above Mowich River near Mount Rainier National Park	46°53′06″N 122°00′22″W / 46.885°N 122.006°W / 46.885; -122.006 (Unnamed forestry road bridge)
Mount Rainier National Park
	South Puyallup River Bridge		Westside Road	Mount Rainier National Park	46°48′29″N 121°53′28″W / 46.808°N 121.891°W / 46.808; -121.891 (South Puyallup River Bridge)
	Wonderland Trail single-log bridge (Nisqually River shown)	c. 43	Wonderland Trail	Mount Rainier National Park	46°48′45″N 121°52′08″W / 46.8126°N 121.8688°W / 46.8126; -121.8688 (Wonderland Trail)
Puyallup Glacier (North Puyallup River) Tahoma Glacier (South Puyallup River)46°49′N 121°50′W / 46.82°N 121.84°W / 46.82; -121.84 (Tongue of Tahoma Glacier)

Notes

^ Location of Puyallup River Canyon PRKM 27–35 from Czuba et al.^[18]

References

^ "Puyallup Waterway Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 34459
^ Kate Martin (July 1, 2014), "Safety concerns prompt Tacoma to close Tideflats bridge: The City of Tacoma is closing a 103-year-old bridge on the Tideflats to all traffic in a few weeks.", Tacoma News-Tribune
^ Griffes, P.L. (2004), Pacific Boating Almanac 2004: Pacific Northwest, Prostar Publications, p. 304, ISBN 978-1-57785-500-2, retrieved October 20, 2015
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Lincoln Avenue Bridge
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge State Highway 509
^ "BNSF Puyallup River bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 47981
^ "Puyallup Avenue Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 34454
^ "Puyallup Avenue Bridge", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
^ "TRMW - Puyallup River Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 47982
^ John Caldbick (January 7, 2015), "Milwaukee Road's S-Turn Trestle (Tacoma)", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge Interstate 5
^ "UP - Puyallup River Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 48276
^ "George Milroy Bridge", Bridgehunter.com
^ Puyallup River/ Meridian Street Bridge project overview, Washington State Department of Transportation
^ SR 167 - Puyallup River Bridge replacement project, Washington State Department of Transportation, October 2015, retrieved October 21, 2015
^ "City of Puyallup > Milwaukee Bridge Replacement". Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
^ "Figure 2-1 Vicinity Map", Green River Watershed Management Plan (Volume 2), Tacoma Water/Tacoma Public Utilities, p. 2–6, June 2006
^ Czuba et al. 2012, p. 13.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Electron diversion dam
^ Kapowsin Timberlands Vicinity Map, Hancock Forest Management

Books

Czuba, Jonathan A.; Magirl, Christopher S.; Czuba, Christina R.; Johnson, Kenneth H.; Olsen, Theresa D.; Curran, Christopher A.; Kimball, Halley K.; Gish, Casey C. (2012), Geomorphic Analysis of the River Response to Sedimentation Downstream of Mount Rainier, Washington, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2012-1242, retrieved October 23, 2015

External links

Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

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Pierce County bridges at uglybridges.com

[19] Location of Puyallup River Canyon PRKM 27–35 from Czuba et al.^[18]

[1] "Puyallup Waterway Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 34459

[2] Kate Martin (July 1, 2014), "Safety concerns prompt Tacoma to close Tideflats bridge: The City of Tacoma is closing a 103-year-old bridge on the Tideflats to all traffic in a few weeks.", Tacoma News-Tribune

[Griffes_2004_p._304-3] Griffes, P.L. (2004), Pacific Boating Almanac 2004: Pacific Northwest, Prostar Publications, p. 304, ISBN 978-1-57785-500-2, retrieved October 20, 2015

[4] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Lincoln Avenue Bridge

[5] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge State Highway 509

[6] "BNSF Puyallup River bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 47981

[7] "Puyallup Avenue Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 34454

[8] "Puyallup Avenue Bridge", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink

[9] "TRMW - Puyallup River Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 47982

[10] John Caldbick (January 7, 2015), "Milwaukee Road's S-Turn Trestle (Tacoma)", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink

[11] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puyallup Avenue (sic) Bridge Interstate 5

[12] "UP - Puyallup River Bridge", Bridgehunter.com, BH 48276

[13] "George Milroy Bridge", Bridgehunter.com

[14] Puyallup River/ Meridian Street Bridge project overview, Washington State Department of Transportation

[15] SR 167 - Puyallup River Bridge replacement project, Washington State Department of Transportation, October 2015, retrieved October 21, 2015

[16] "City of Puyallup > Milwaukee Bridge Replacement". Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

[17] "Figure 2-1 Vicinity Map", Green River Watershed Management Plan (Volume 2), Tacoma Water/Tacoma Public Utilities, p. 2–6, June 2006

[FOOTNOTECzubaMagirlCzubaJohnson201213-18] Czuba et al. 2012, p. 13.

[20] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Electron diversion dam

[21] Kapowsin Timberlands Vicinity Map, Hancock Forest Management

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