Friday, September 12, 2025

the 103-year-old Fairfax Bridge that leads to Washington's Mount Rainier National Park closed earlier this year


transportation officials have to either plan on replacing the bridge in an area north of where it is now or permanently closing it.

Removing the bridge could cost between $70 million and $80 million, on top of the $46.6 million that would have to be paid out to private landowners losing access to the crossing, and take 3 years.

To construct another bridge would cost about $160 million and would take six years to finish.



the bridge was constructed in 1921, 250 feet above the Carbon river. 

The bridge is a single-lane bridge so vehicles must yield to oncoming traffic. 

 The Fairfax Bridge is one of only two three-hinged lattice arch bridges remaining in Washington.

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