About this episode
Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Larry Brewer, Supervisor of the Bridge Design Engineering Group for Snohomish County Public Works.
The agency is seeking a new home for the historic 1934 bridge that carries the Mountain Loop Highway across the South Fork of the Stillaguamish River just north of the community of Granite Falls. A new and larger bridge is planned for just downstream from the existing bridge, so the 1934 span will no longer be needed.
According to a press release, the 1934 bridge is "336 feet long and 28 feet wide. The main span consists of a 160-foot-long riveted steel deck truss, utilizing a three-hinge arched Pratt truss. The truss is 20 feet wide with an overall rise in the arch of 35 feet."
Snohomish County, the press release continues, "will donate the truss to any governmental, non-profit or responsible private entity for public or private use. Priority will be given to an interested party that maintain the features of the arched deck truss that give it historic integrity; provide a new location for the structure; assume legal and financial responsibility for the structure."
More info about the Granite Falls Bridge from Snohomish County:
https://www.snohomishcountywa.gov/6741/Granite-Falls-Br-102---Bridge-Transfer-a
More information about submitting a proposal by the August 27, 2026 deadline:
https://snohomishcountywa.gov/186/Purchasing
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