George Washington Memorial Bridge

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The George Washington Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Aurora Bridge, is a historic steel cantilever bridge in Seattle that carries State Route 99 over the Lake Union area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
George Washington Memorial Bridge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge in Seattle
historic place
road bridge
steel cantilever bridge
above Aurora Avenue North corridor
linked to: Aurora Avenue North
addedToNRHP 1982
alsoKnownAs Aurora Avenue Bridge
Aurora Bridge
carries Aurora Avenue North
Washington State Route 99
connects Downtown Seattle vicinity
North Seattle
linked to: Northwest Seattle
crosses Fremont Cut
Lake Union
crossesBetween Fremont neighborhood
Queen Anne hill
linked to: Queen Anne Hill
crossesShipCanal Lake Washington Ship Canal
crossesWaterBody Lake Union
dedicated February 22, 1932
design cantilever bridge
function vehicular traffic
hasHistoricPlaques yes
hasLighting yes
hasNickname Suicide Bridge
hasNumberOfLanes 6
hasPedestrianAccess yes
hasSidewalks yes
hasSuicideBarriers yes
hasToll no
knownFor high incidence of suicides
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn King County, Washington
linked to: King County

Seattle
United States
Washington (state)
linked to: Washington
maintainedBy Washington State Department of Transportation
material steel
namedAfter George Washington
neighborhoodOnNorthEnd Fremont, Seattle
neighborhoodOnSouthEnd Queen Anne, Seattle
NRHPType structure
opened 1932
openedForTraffic February 1932
partOf Seattle city infrastructure
U.S. Highway 99 historic alignment
usedBy bicycles
motor vehicles
pedestrians

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aurora Bridge officialName George Washington Memorial Bridge
Aurora Avenue North crossesVia George Washington Memorial Bridge