Bridge name |
Year built |
Date of destruction |
Feature Crossed |
Notes |
I-5 Skagit River Bridge | 1955 | May 23, 2013 | Skagit River | Cause: Collision—Truck struck arch with fracture critical design, causing structural failure |
Dry Creek Bridge | Unknown | Aug 21, 2009 | Dry Creek | |
Omak Bridge | 1911 | 1911 | Okanogan River | Steel swing bridge collapsed when first tested.[7] |
Fourth Avenue Bridge (Olympia) | 1905 | Mar 15, 1915 | Budd Inlet (Puget Sound) | Cause: Collapse of drawbridge following sinking of piers[8] |
Fourth Avenue Bridge (Olympia) | 1919 | Sep 11, 2001 | Budd Inlet (Puget Sound) | Cause: Earthquake—2001 Nisqually earthquake |
Nolan Creek Bridge | 1931 | Dec 15, 1999 | Nolan Creek | |
Carbon River Bridge | 1921 | Mar 4, 1998 | Carbon River | Cause: Fire—Wooden deck and wooden approach arch burned following vehicle collision[c] |
Naches River Bridge | 1938 | Feb 9, 1996 | Naches River | |
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge | 1940 | Nov 25, 1990 | Lake Washington | Cause: Storm—Severe windstorm and human error caused flooding of pontoons |
Carbon River Bridge | 1971 | Nov 24, 1990 | Carbon River | |
Nooksack River - Nugents Bridge | 1946 | Nov 10, 1989 | Nooksack River | |
Skokomish River Bridge | 1927 | Oct 4, 1984 | Skokomish River | |
North Fork Toutle River-Coalbanks | 1972 | May 18, 1980 | N. Fork Toutle River | Cause: Flood—Mud and debris following 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens[d] |
Alder Creek Bridge | 1954 | May 18, 1980 | Alder Creek |
St. Helens Bridge | 1949 | May 18, 1980 | Toutle River |
Coldwater Creek Bridge | 1933 | May 18, 1980 | Coldwater Creek |
North Fork Toutle River Bridge | 1938 | May 18, 1980 | N. Fork Toutle River |
Russell Barker Memorial Bridge | 1925 | Dec 14, 1979 | Bogachiel River | |
Teanaway River Bridge | 1922 | Nov 28, 1979 | Teanaway River Bridge | |
Little Naches River Bridge | 1928 | Aug 20, 1979 | Little Naches River | |
Hood Canal Bridge | 1961 | Feb 13, 1979 | Hood Canal | Cause: Storm—February 13, 1979 windstorm |
Johnson Creek Bridge | 19 | Oct 1, 1978 | Johnson Creek | |
Goat Creek Bridge | 1922 | Dec 3, 1977 | Goat Creek | |
Bear Canyon | 1936 | Dec 2, 1977 | Bear Creek | |
Creek | Unknown | Dec 2, 1977 | Creek | |
Satus Creek Bridge | 1959 | Jan 19, 1974 | Satus Creek | Cause: Flood—Floodwaters from January 17 event broke through ice jam on January 19. U.S. Highway 97 and many county roads cut; White Swan unreachable by road; entire county declared Federal disaster area. |
Satus Creek Third Crossing | 1942 | Jan 19, 1974 | Satus Creek |
Satus Creek Fourth Crossing | 1942 | Jan 19, 1974 | Satus Creek |
Satus Creek First Crossing | 1942 | Jan 19, 1974 | Satus Creek |
Klickitat River Bridge | 1954 | Jan 19, 1974 | Klickitat River | |
Coal Creek Bridge | 1945 | Feb 4, 1971 | Coal Creek | |
Dry Creek Bridge | Unknown | Jan 1, 1971 | Dry Creek | |
Columbia River Bridge, Brewster | 1927 | Aug 5, 1968 | Columbia River | Cause: Fire—Welding torch ignited wood deck, heat weakened steel, causing structural failure |
Cowlitz River - Nesika | Unknown | Nov 1, 1967 | Cowlitz River | |
Lake Creek | 1950 | Nov 15, 1966 | Lake Creek | |
Scatter Creek Bridge | 1932 | Jan 29, 1965 | Scatter Creek | |
Smith Creek Bridge | Unknown | June 1, 1964 | Smith Creek | |
Copalis River Bridge | 1952 | Mar 27, 1964 | Copalis River | |
Joe Creek Bridge | 1953 | Mar 27, 1964 | Joe Creek | |
Chow Chow Bridge | 1952 | 1964, 1973, 1988 | Quinault River | Collapsed three times. Was an early cable-stayed bridge design on the Quinault Indian Reservation near Taholah, one of the first cable-stayed bridges in the U.S.[16] Timbers made into cedar shakes for tribal center in Taholah after 1988 collapse. |
Rocky Creek Bridge | 1947 | Nov 19, 1962 | Rocky Creek | |
Gallup Creek Bridge | 1956 | Nov 19, 1962 | Gallup Creek | |
Peshastin Creek | 1923 | Nov 20, 1959 | Peshastin Creek | |
Salmon Creek Bridge | 1927 | Jan 5, 1956 | Salmon Creek | Cause: Bridge scour—Floating tree lodged under pier. Bridge collapsed 13 days after U.S. Highway 99 was opened. |
South Prarrie Creek Bridge | 1941 | Dec 11, 1955 | South Prarrie Creek | |
Snake River at Burbank | 1920 | Sep 9, 1949 | Snake River | |
Salmon Creek Bridge | 1927 | Feb 23, 1949 | Salmon Creek | |
Robinson Creek Br. | Unknown | June 14, 1948 | Robinson Creek | Cause: Flooding[e] |
Lost River Bridge | Unknown | June 14, 1948 | Lost River |
Methow River Bridge | 1918 | June 14, 1948 | Methow River |
Little Boulder Creek Bridge | Unknown | June 14, 1948 | Little Boulder Creek |
Chewuck River Bridge | Unknown | June 14, 1948 | Chewuck River |
Methow River at Winthrop | 1933 | June 14, 1948 | Methow River |
Methow River Bridge at Twisp | 1931 | June 14, 1948 | Methow River |
Methow River Bridge | 1939 | June 14, 1948 | Methow River |
Methow River Bridge | 1939 | June 14, 1948 | Methow River |
Methow River Bridge | 1933 | June 14, 1948 | Methow River |
Pine Creek Bridge | 1918 | June 1, 1948 | Pine Creek | |
Cle Elum River Bridge | 1929 | May 31, 1948 | Cle Elum River | |
Centralia Power Canal Bridge | 1936 | Sep 24, 1947 | Centralia Power Canal | |
Hoko River Bridge | Unknown | April 22, 1947 | Hoko River | Cause: Overloading—20-ton fully loaded logging truck attempted to cross 5-ton rated bridge. |
Washougal River Bridge | 1926 | Feb 6, 1947 | Washougal River | Cause: Fire—Fuel tanker truck collision weakened steel, followed by structural failure |
Mashel River Bridge | 1916 | Dec 11, 1946 | Mashel River | |
St. Helens Bridge | Unknown | Dec 11, 1946 | Toutle River | |
Rocky Creek Bridge | 1929 | Oct 25, 1945 | Rocky Creek | |
Gallup Creek Bridge | Unknown | Oct 25, 1945 | Gallup Creek | |
Cora Bridge | 1925 | Nov 12, 1943 | Cowlitz River | |
Razorhone Creek (Lower) | Unknown | June 26, 1943 | Razorhone Creek | |
Razorhone Creek (Upper) | Unknown | June 26, 1943 | Razorhone Creek | |
Adna Bridge | 1932 | May 1, 1943 | Chehalis River | |
Lindberg Over Crossing | 1933 | Mar 2, 1943 | C.M.St.R.&P. Rail Road. | |
Long Lake Bridge | 1911 | Sep 26, 1942 | Spokane River | Cause: Vibration—Sheep herd crossing bridge |
Tacoma Narrows Bridge | 1940 | Nov 7, 1940 | Tacoma Narrows (Puget Sound) | Cause: Wind/Design flaw—Aeroelastic fluttering (wind dynamics) leading to structural failure |
Detillion Bridge | Unknown | May 24, 1939 | Spokane River | Cause: Collision—Tractor-trailer collision on deck |
Allen Street Bridge also called Kelso-Longview Bridge | 1906 | Jan 3, 1923 | Cowlitz River | Cause: Some combination of storm, collision, overloading. Deadliest Washington bridge disaster with at least 17 deaths. |
Wenatchee Avenue Bridge | c. 1894 | July 4, 1917 | Wenatchee River | Cause: Fire—Independence Day celebratory fireworks burned wooden deck[f] |
Division Street Bridge | 1892 | Dec 18, 1915 | Spokane River | Cause: Collision or metal fatigue[g] |
Columbia River Bridge, Brewster | 1927 | May 2, 1905 | Columbia River | [clarification needed] |
Snoqualmie River Bridge | 1931 | April 17, 1905 | Snoqualmie River | [clarification needed] |