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Oct 7, 2024 · The construction team used 460 tons of steel for the 511-foot Canoe Pass arch and 1130 tons for the 976-foot Deception Pass span, forming the skeleton of the now-famous double cantilever bridge. On July 31, 1935, these two massive sections were connected, linking Whidbey Island, Fidalgo Island, and Pass Island for the first time.
Fidalgo Island is to the north and Whidbey Island is to the south. Deception Pass (Lushootseed: sčudᶻ; [2] Samish: Xwchsónges) [3] is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Deception Pass Bridge is the common name for two two-lane bridges on Washington State Route 20 connecting Whidbey Island in Island County, to Fidalgo Island in Skagit County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It was a Washington State Highways project, and included project elements built by young workers from the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Aug 15, 2015 · Its two sections, a 511 foot structure from Fidalgo to Pass Island and a 975 foot structure from Pass to Whidbey Island, show how the cantilever truss had evolved into an attractive, functional form. Twenty-eight feet wide, with two auto lanes and two sidewalks, it was built for $482,000 (a combined pool of Emergency Relief Administration, county and other federal funds).
Jun 5, 2002 · The book even includes engineering drawings of this 900-foot-long span, 180 feet above what one Seattle writer called “the wickedest channel in Puget Sound.” The book is now in a second edition, and publisher Joel Douglas, also the proprietor of the Coachman Inn in Oak Harbor, has given the South Whidbey Historical Society the publication rights to the 2002 limited edition of the book.
Whidbey Island (historical spellings Whidby, Whitbey, [5] or Whitby) is the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, in the United States, and the largest island in Washington state. Whidbey is about 30 miles (48 km) north of Seattle, and lies between the Olympic Peninsula and the I-5 corridor of western Washington.
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May 5, 2004 · On July 31, 1935, the Deception Pass and Canoe Pass bridges are dedicated. Deception Pass, located at the northern end of Puget Sound, is a treacherous, narrow channel with turbulent waters, rapid tidal action, and rocky outcrops.It separates the high bluffs of Whidbey Island from those of Fidalgo Island. A rocky islet, Pass Island, rises in ...
