Bridge Facts
- Height from water to roadway: about 180 feet, depending on the tide
- Roadway: two 11 foot lanes, one in each direction
- Sidewalks: 3 foot sidewalk on each side
- Width of bridge deck: 28 feet
- Total length: 1487 feet (more than a quarter mile)
- Canoe Pass: one 350-ft arch and three concrete T-beam approach spans
- Deception Pass: two 175-ft cantilever spans, one 200-ft suspended span, and four concrete T-beam approach spans
- Vehicle crossings: 20,000 per day, average
- Maximum speed of current in Deception Pass at flood/ebb tide: 9 kts
- Maximum speed of current in Canoe Pass at flood/ebb tide: 10 kts
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