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Mercer Island is located closer to Bellevue than it is to Seattle, and is therefore often considered to be part of King County's Eastside. The population was 25,748 at the 2020 census. [4] Mercer Island is one of the 100 richest ZIP codes in the US according to the IRS figures for Adjusted Gross Income. [7]
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WA-2, "Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Floating Bridge", 7 photos, 20 data pages, 1 photo caption page King-5 television video of the sinking 47°35′24″N 122°16′13″W / 47.58988°N 122.27031°W / 47.58988; -122
Lake Washington (Lushootseed: x̌ačuʔ) [3] [a] is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. [4] It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan.
[1] [2] [3] One of the forms of evidence was landslides at three locations around Lake Washington: off the southeast corner of Mercer Island (), on the west side of the island across from Seattle's Seward Park), and one near Saint Edward State Park in present-day Kirkland, Washington
In 1911, the Anderson Steamboat Company offered a "beautiful 25-mile cruise around Mercer Island for 25-cents." The other advertised routes and departures were: Fortuna left Madison Park eight times daily for Kirkland and Juanita; Aquilo left Madison Park seven times daily for Houghton and the "Bay Route";
The Third Lake Washington Bridge, officially the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge, is a floating bridge in the Seattle metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Washington.It is one of the Interstate 90 floating bridges, carrying the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 across Lake Washington between Mercer Island and Seattle.
Aubrey Davis Park, formerly the Mercer Island Lid and First Hill Lid, is a park lid covering 2,800 feet (850 m) of Interstate 90 (I-90) between West Mercer Way and 76th Avenue Southeast on Mercer Island, Washington, United States. [1] The park was created as to minimize the impact of I-90, opening to the public in the 1990s.
The original bridge was opened November 10, 1923, and was the first bridge to reach the island. George Lightfoot, known as the father of the other bridge on Mercer Island, the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, had the charge of opening the bridge for boats. In 1940, it was demolished and replaced.