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Cowen Park Bridge 
Cowen Park Bridge
Engineering design Clark Eldridge Design Deck Arch Material Concrete Opened 1936 Heritage status National Register of Historic Places, Seattle city landmark 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,[1] and it is a designated city landmark.[2] The bridge has been praised for the 12-foot (3.7 m) Art Deco light standards along its sides.[3]
It was built in 1936 under the authority of the Works Progress Administration. The bridge engineer was Clark Eldridge.[4]
References
- ^ National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties (Part II). National Park Service. March 1, 1983. p. 8669. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/Weekly_List_FR-March-1-1983-listingyear1982.pdf.
- ^ "Individual Landmarks". City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/c.htm. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ^ Kreisman, Lawrence (1999). Made To Last: Historic Preservation in Seattle and King County. Historic Seattle Preservation Foundation in association with the University of Washington Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0295978468.
- ^ Long, Priscilla (March 24, 2001). "WPA builds Cowen Park Bridge in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood in 1936.". HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. http://www.historyink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=3132. Retrieved March 2011.
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