The Monroe Street Bridge is a deck arch bridge in the northwestern United States that spans the Spokane River in Spokane, Washington.

2020年5月4日 · The steel Monroe Street Bridge, built in 1891 and seen here in 1905, carried streetcars, horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians, but users said it vibrated badly when the heavy streetcars went...

On November 23, 1911, Spokane's third Monroe Street Bridge opens. Considered a marvel of beauty and functionality, it is the largest concrete-arch bridge in the United States. A major transportation link, the bridge becomes a "revered symbol" of Spokane ("Bridging the Past ...,"

2024年3月7日 · The Monroe Street Bridge is perhaps the most iconic bridge in Spokane — a massive feat of concrete engineering that towers over Spokane Falls and the river gorge and runs straight through...

Today's Monroe Street Bridge opened November 23, 1911 with over 3,000 Spokane citizens on hand to celebrate. It was the world's largest concrete arch-bridge. In 1914, just a few years after completion of this visual landmark, the city fathers permitted a railroad bridge to be built right over the top of it, marring the beauty of the structure.

2005年9月17日 · The mammoth, 94-year-old concrete Monroe Street Bridge has borne witness to Spokane history from the Roaring '20s, through the Great Depression, World War II, Expo '74 and beyond.

Spanning the Spokane River Gorge just below Spokane Falls, the Monroe Street Bridge is a city landmark. When the structure was completed in 1911, the 281-foot concrete central span was the largest in the United States, edging out Cleveland’s Rocky River Bridge by a foot, and the third longest in the world.

2018年6月14日 · The historic Monroe Street Bridge was built between 1909 and 1911 to replace its two predecessors, a wooden bridge that burned down and a steel bridge that vibrated unnervingly. The concrete...

2014年8月19日 · Historic Arch Bridge in Spokane Spokane County, Washington. With its unique aesthetic details this bridge briefly held a record for span length when completed.

Perched high above Spokane Falls, the massive, two-ribbed, multiple concrete arch Monroe Street Bridge signals Spokane’s growth during the early twentieth century and remains one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks.