page_title: Lake Washington Ship Canal
section_title: Canal crossings
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Washington Ship Canal / Canal crossings
caption_attribution_description: Item 31020, Don Sherwood Parks History Collection (Record Series 5801-01), Seattle Municipal Archives. English: Aerial of Ballard Bridge and Salmon Bay, Seattle, Washington, U.S., 1950. Looking roughly east. At top of frame is the Northern Pacific Railroad Ship Canal Bridge (which was there 1914-1976). This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 82004231
context_page_description: The Lake Washington Ship Canal, which runs through the city of Seattle, connects the fresh water body of Lake Washington with the salt water inland sea of Puget Sound. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks accommodate the approximately 20-foot difference in water level between Lake Washington and the sound. The canal runs east–west and connects Union Bay, the Montlake Cut, Portage Bay, Lake Union, the Fremont Cut, Salmon Bay, and Shilshole Bay, which is part of the sound.
context_section_description: The Canal's crossings, from east to west, are:
  the University Link Tunnel carrying Link Light Rail under the canal
  the Montlake Bridge carrying State Route 513 (Montlake Boulevard NE) over the Montlake Cut
  the University Bridge carrying Eastlake Avenue over Portage Bay
  the Ship Canal Bridge carrying Interstate 5 over Portage Bay
  the George Washington Memorial Bridge (commonly called the Aurora Bridge) carrying Aurora Avenue N. (State Route 99) over the west end of Lake Union
  the Fremont Bridge connecting 4th Avenue N. to Fremont Avenue N. over the Fremont Cut
  Northern Pacific Railroad Ship Canal Bridge near the west end of the Fremont Cut 1914–1976, no longer extant.
  the Ballard Bridge carrying 15th Avenue over Salmon Bay
  pedestrian crossing only at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
  the BNSF Railway's Salmon Bay Bridge over Salmon Bay
caption: Looking the opposite direction, the Ballard Bridge and, at top of frame, Northern Pacific Railroad Ship Canal Bridge (bascule bridge, open here), 1950.
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