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	Purdy Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Purdy, Washington
Coordinates	47°23′02″N 122°37′41″W / 47.38389°N 122.62806°W
Built	1936
Architect	W. H. Craft
MPS	Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR
NRHP reference No.	82004274
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1982

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The Purdy Bridge is a continuous reinforced concrete box girder bridge that spans 550 feet (170 m), with a central span of 190 feet (58 m), between Henderson Bay and Burley Lagoon. The bridge connects Purdy, Washington with the Purdy Sand Spit Park and Wauna, Washington.

Purdy Bridge was completed on September 29, 1937,^[2] at a cost of $62,000, from a design by Homer M. Hadley. It was the first bridge in the United States to utilize a reinforced-concrete box girder design and it was the longest continuous box girder bridge in the United States at the time.^[3]^[4]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "Purdy (Spit) Bridge is completed in Pierce County on September 29, 1937".
^ Holstine & Hobbs 2005, pp. 219–220
^ Slater 2007, p. 102

Sources

Holstine, Craig E.; Hobbs, Richard (2005). Spanning Washington: Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State. Pullman, Wash.: Washington State University Press. ISBN 0-87422-281-8. OCLC 58043209.
Slater, Colleen A. (2007). The Key Peninsula. OCLC 1065553228.

External links

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WA-101, "Purdy Bridge, Spans strait between Henderson Bay and Burley Lagoon, Purdy, Pierce County, WA", 3 photos, 19 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[2] "Purdy (Spit) Bridge is completed in Pierce County on September 29, 1937".

[3] Holstine & Hobbs 2005, pp. 219–220

[4] Slater 2007, p. 102

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-The '''Purdy Bridge''' is a continuous [[Girder|hollow-box girder]] bridge that spans {{convert|550|ft|m|}} (with a central span of {{convert|190|ft|m}}) between [[Henderson Bay, Washington]] and [[Burley Lagoon]], connecting [[Purdy, Washington]] with the Purdy Sand Spit Park and [[Wauna, Washington]]. It was built on September 29, 1937,<ref>http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=7133</ref> and at the time was the longest continuous box girder bridge in the US, at a cost of $62,000 from a design by Homer M. Hadley.<ref>{{harvnb|Holstine|2005|pp=219–220}}</ref> At the time it was built, Purdy Bridge was the first bridge in the United States to utilize a reinforced-concrete box girder design.<ref>Slater p.102</ref>
+The '''Purdy Bridge''' is a continuous reinforced concrete [[Box girder bridge|box girder]] bridge that spans {{Convert|550|ft}}, with a central span of {{convert|190|ft}}, between Henderson Bay and [[Burley Lagoon]]. The bridge connects [[Purdy, Washington]] with the Purdy Sand Spit Park and [[Wauna, Washington]].
+Purdy Bridge was completed on September 29, 1937,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=7133 |title=Purdy (Spit) Bridge is completed in Pierce County on September 29, 1937}}</ref> at a cost of $62,000, from a design by Homer M. Hadley. It was the first bridge in the United States to utilize a reinforced-concrete box girder design and it was the longest continuous box girder bridge in the United States at the time.<ref>{{harvnb|Holstine|Hobbs|2005|pp=219–220}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Slater|2007|p=102}}</ref>
 The bridge was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982.
 ==See also==
-[[List of Registered Historic Places in Washington]]
+*[[List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Washington (state)]]
+*[[List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)]]
+*[[List of Registered Historic Places in Washington]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==Sources==
-* Holstine, Craig; Hobbs, Richard (2005). ''Spanning Washington: Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State'', Washington State University Press, {{ISBN|0-87422-281-8}}.
+*{{Cite book |last1=Holstine |first1=Craig E. |last2=Hobbs |first2=Richard |title=Spanning Washington: Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State |publisher=Washington State University Press |publication-place=Pullman, Wash. |date=2005 |isbn=0-87422-281-8 |oclc=58043209}}
-*Slater, Colleen A. (2007). ''The Key Peninsula'', Arcadia Publishing.
+*{{Cite book |last1=Slater |first1=Colleen A. |title=The Key Peninsula |date=2007 |oclc=1065553228}}
+==External links==
+*{{HAER |survey=WA-101 |id=wa0455 |title=Purdy Bridge, Spans strait between Henderson Bay and Burley Lagoon, Purdy, Pierce County, WA |photos=3 |data=19 |cap=1}}
 {{Registered Historic Places}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Bridges completed in 1936]]
+[[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Washington (state)]]
 [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Pierce County, Washington]]
 [[Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)]]
-[[Category:Buildings and structures in Pierce County, Washington]]
+[[Category:Bridges in Pierce County, Washington]]
-[[Category:Transportation in Pierce County, Washington]]
+[[Category:Concrete bridges in the United States]]
-[[Category:Road bridges in Washington (state)]]
+[[Category:Box girder bridges in the United States]]

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