Christine Falls Bridge
The Christine Falls Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge in Mount Rainier National Park, spanning Van Trump Creek at Christine Falls. The bridge was built in 1927–1928 by contractor J. D. Tobin of Portland, Oregon, who built the Narada Falls Bridge at the same time. The arch has a three-centered profile and spans . The bridge is wide. It was faced with rubble stonework and is an example of National Park Service Rustic design. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1991. It is part of the Mount Rainier National Historic Landmark, National Historic Landmark District, which encompasses the entire park and which recognizes the park's inventory of Park Service-designed rustic architecture. Predecessor bridges Two other bridges formerly existed at this location. The "Old Christine Falls Bridge", built circa 1908 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers, was constructed of wood in a Howe truss design. Its s ...
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Paradise, Washington
Paradise is the name of an area at approximately on the south slope of Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington (state), Washington, United States. Southeast of Seattle, the area lies on the border of Pierce County, Washington, Pierce and Lewis County, Washington, Lewis counties and includes the Paradise Valley and the Paradise Glacier, the source of the Paradise River. Virinda Longmire named Paradise in the summer of 1885 while she viewed the wildflowers in the alpine meadows there. Paradise also offers views of Mount Rainier and the Tatoosh Range."Building isn't quite paradise.''
''Eugene Register-Guard,'' June 14, 1999. Accessed on July 15, 2011, from Google News Archive.

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