Benton City – Kiona Bridge
Benton City – Kiona Bridge | |
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Looking up at the bridge from the banks of the Yakima River | |
| Coordinates | 46°15′10.54″N 119°28′31.74″W / 46.2529278°N 119.4754833°W |
| Carries | SR 225 |
| Crosses | Yakima River |
| Locale | Benton City, Washington |
| Maintained by | WSDOT |
| ID number | 082446000000000 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | box girder bridge/cable-stayed bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 400 feet (121.9 m) |
| Width | 26 feet (7.8 m) |
| History | |
| Designer | Homer M. Hadley |
| Opened | July 4, 1957 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 9,500 (2012) |
| Location | |
| References | |
The Benton City – Kiona Bridge is a steel box girder and cable-stayed bridge carrying two lanes of Washington State Route 225 over the Yakima River in Benton City, Benton County, Washington. The current span was opened to traffic on July 4, 1957 and measures 400-foot-long (121.9 m) by 26-foot (7.8 m) wide. Two bridges had previously connected the cities of Benton City and Kiona before and were located 300 feet (91 m) downstream. The first bridge was open by 1901, and the immediate predecessor bridge was closed and torn down in 1964. The bridge is owned and maintained by the Washington State Department of Transportation, and was added to the Washington Heritage Register on January 25, 2002.