Maple Street Bridge (Spokane)
The bridge is 1,719 feet (524 m) in length, stands 125 feet (38 m) above the river, with a deck that is fifty feet (15 m) wide. It has two-lane traffic in both directions, and a caged pedestrian walkway. As of 2015, the Maple Street Bridge has an average daily traffic of 40,600 vehicles.
History
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Construction began in 1956 and the Maple Street Bridge opened on July 1, 1958. The bridge cost $6 million dollars to construct, and required a ten-cent toll on vehicles from 1958 to 1981. During the first three hours, over 1,600 vehicles crossed the new bridge. The price was raised to 25 cents from 1981 to 1990, when the toll was removed.
Accidents
During construction in December 1957, an iron worker was killed when he fell ninety feet (27 m) from a wooden platform.
In 2008, a teen died by accidentally falling from the Maple Street Bridge.
See also
List of crossings of the Spokane River