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The wooden trestle had deteriorated by the 1980s and necessitated a replacement. [6] The narrow lane configuration and lack of a shoulder caused drivers to have anxiety attacks and contributed to hazardous driving conditions. [7] A new 2.5-mile (4.0 km) eastbound trestle was built between 1991 [8] and 2001 for $100 million, using reinforced ...
The United States Highway System was adopted on November 11, 1926, and designated US 10 on the future route of US 2 from Peshastin to Spokane and US 195 from Spokane to Newport. US 10 was re-routed in 1939 and replaced by US 10 Alternate , which was routed across Stevens Pass in the 1940s and itself replaced by US 2 in 1946.
The Cascade Tunnel refers to two railroad tunnels, its original tunnel and its replacement, in the northwest United States, east of the Seattle metropolitan area in the Cascade Range of Washington, at Stevens Pass. It is approximately 65 miles (105 km) east of Everett, with both portals adjacent to U.S. Route 2.
U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway spanning 2,571 miles (4,138 km) across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected by various roadways in southern Canada .
State Route 204 (SR 204) is a short state highway in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It connects U.S. Route 2 (US 2) at the eastern end of the Hewitt Avenue Trestle to the city of Lake Stevens, terminating at a junction with SR 9. The highway runs for a total length of 2.4 miles (3.9 km) and passes through several suburban ...
On January 21, 1970, the USS Yancey, a United States Navy attack cargo ship carrying 250 people, [29] was at anchor near the bridge–tunnel. During a gale with winds gusting in excess of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), the Yancey dragged its anchors and hit the bridge stern first, knocking out a 375-foot (114 m) segment of trestle. There were no ...
The Rouses Point Bridge carries U.S. Route 2 (US 2) across Lake Champlain at the point where the Richelieu River begins its trek north to the St. Lawrence Seaway. Also known as the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge, it connects Rouses Point, New York in the extreme northeast corner of New York to Alburgh, Vermont. It is the northernmost of ...
in the United States. Arboretum Sewer Trestle (1910), Seattle, Washington, NRHP-listed [1] Adamson Bridge (1916), Cherry County, Nebraska, timber stringer trestle bridge built by the Canton Bridge Co. Formerly NRHP-listed. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge, Antietam Creek, Maryland; Bridge A 249, New Mexico; Chacahoula Swamp Bridge (1995), Louisiana