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Pe Ell, Lewis County

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Inventory Number: WA/47-21-02x
County: Lewis County
Township:
Town/Village: Pe Ell
Bridge Name: Pe Ell
Crosses: Chehalis River
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 65'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1934
Builder:
When Lost: Dec 2007
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N46 32.728
Longitude: W123 17.919
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Directions: 2.1 miles south of WA6 and Pe Ell on 3rd St/Muller Rd., then just right.

Pe Ell Bridge, Pe Ell, Lewis County, WA Built 1934 Washed away Dec 2007
Bill Caswell Photo, June 2006

Pe Ell Bridge, Pe Ell, Lewis County, WA Built 1934 Washed away Dec 2007
Courtesy Bill Cockrell

Comments:
Private. When it was in service, the bridge served the Pe Ell Waterworks. It was covered with sheet metal which flared out to cover the buttresses. It was reportedly washed away and destroyed during flooding in December 2007.

Source:
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXVIII, No. 3, Summer 2010, page 13

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