page_title: Ballard Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Ballard Bridge
caption_attribution_description: The Ballard Bridge opening (or closing after having opened) to allow a boat to pass underneath. This photo is looking west and shows the bridge's east side.
context_page_description: The Ballard Bridge, also known as the 15th Avenue Bridge, is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle, Washington. It carries 15th Avenue NW over Seattle's Salmon Bay between Ballard to the north and Interbay to the south. The Ballard Bridge follows the Fremont Bridge in the east in the succession of bridges spanning the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which connects Lake Washington in the east to Puget Sound in the west.
  Built in 1917, it has an opening span of 218 ft and a total length of 2,854 ft. The spans of the bridge that don't lift were originally surfaced with wood planks. It also carried a streetcar. In 1939, the fixed spans of the Ballard Bridge were replaced as a Public Works Administration project. The deck was surfaced with concrete and the rails for the streetcar were removed. In 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  In recent years bicyclists have complained that improvements are needed to address safety concerns.
context_section_description: The Ballard Bridge, also known as the 15th Avenue Bridge, is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle, Washington. It carries 15th Avenue NW over Seattle's Salmon Bay between Ballard to the north and Interbay to the south. The Ballard Bridge follows the Fremont Bridge in the east in the succession of bridges spanning the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which connects Lake Washington in the east to Puget Sound in the west.
  Built in 1917, it has an opening span of 218 ft (66 m) and a total length of 2,854 ft (870 m). The spans of the bridge that don't lift were originally surfaced with wood planks. It also carried a streetcar. In 1939, the fixed spans of the Ballard Bridge were replaced as a Public Works Administration project. The deck was surfaced with concrete and the rails for the streetcar were removed. In 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  In recent years bicyclists have complained that improvements are needed to address safety concerns.
caption: Ballard Bridge in the process of opening (or closing)
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