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The bridge carries a section of Interstate 5 (I-5) over the Skagit River between Mount Vernon and Burlington, in Washington state, about 60 miles (97 km) north of Seattle. I-5 is the primary highway between the metropolitan areas of Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia .
The Skagit River (/ ˈ s k æ dʒ ɪ t / SKAJ-it) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (690,000 hectares) of the Cascade Range along the northern end of Puget Sound and flows ...
SR 536 continued east to Fredonia, intersecting the termini of SR 20 and SR 537, before turning southeast over the Skagit River into Mount Vernon and ending at U.S. Route 99 (US 99). [11] [12] The bridge over the Skagit River was rebuilt by the state government in 1954, at a cost of $1.03 million. [13]
A second bridge, across the North Fork of the Skagit River, leads to La Conner, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) northwest. Near the northeast tip of Fir Island is the site of the 19th-century town of Skagit City which declined after upstream log jams were removed in 1877.
Baker River Bridge: ... Skagit: Ballard Bridge: 1917 1982-07-16 Seattle King: Simple trunnion bascule ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
[128] [129] The northern section was declared complete after a bypass of Mount Vernon and Burlington, including a new bridge over the Skagit River, was opened to traffic in June 1957. [ 130 ] The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 , signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29, 1956, formally authorized the creation and majority ...
Jun. 27—The railroad bridge over the Skagit River between Mount Vernon and Burlington is due to be upgraded, and BNSF Railway plans to build a replacement between 2022 and 2025. Since being ...
State Route 530 (SR 530) is a state highway in western Washington, United States.It serves Snohomish and Skagit counties, traveling 50.52 miles (81.30 km) from an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) southwest of Arlington past SR 9 in Arlington and Darrington to end at SR 20 in Rockport.