The Chow Chow Bridge was an early, wooden cable-stayed bridge crossing the Quinault River on the Quinault Indian Reservation near Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington. It was built for the first time in 1952 and finally removed in 1988. Frank Milward designed the bridge for Aloha Lumber Company.[1]

Chow Chow Bridge
Chow Chow Bridge circa 1968
Coordinates47°21′11.0″N 124°11′33.5″W / 47.353056°N 124.192639°W / 47.353056; -124.192639
CrossedQuinault River
LocaleQuinault Indian Reservation
Characteristics
DesignCable-stayed bridge
History
DesignerFrank Milward
Constructed byAloha Lumber Company
Built1952
Collapsed1988
Location
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The bridge collapsed three times and was rebuilt twice. Timbers were made into cedar shakes for the tribal center in Taholah after the final 1988 collapse.[2] It was one of the first cable-stayed bridges in the U.S.,[3] and the first in Washington.[2]

In 1971, the bridge was closed by Joe DeLaCruz and other Quinault in protest of unfair resource extraction on the reservation.[4][5]: 32 [6]: 316 [7]

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References

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  1. ^ Polodny 1976.
  2. ^ a b Holstine & Hobbs 2005, p. 59.
  3. ^ Hawley, Monica E. (1984). "Chow Chow Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  4. ^ Historylink
  5. ^ Portrait of Our Land
  6. ^ Jackson 1988.
  7. ^ Williams 1991.
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