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The Narada Falls Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge in Mount Rainier National Park, spanning the Paradise River above
Narada Falls Narada Falls is a waterfall in Mount Rainier National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is said to be the most popular, because the Mount Rainier Highway crosses the falls between its two tiers. The waterfall drops in two tiers of an ...
. The bridge was built in 1927–1928 by contractor J. D. Tobin of Portland, Oregon, who built the
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 F ...
at the same time. The arch spans . The bridge is wide, with an additional on either side for sidewalks. It was faced with rubble stone masonry and is an example of
National Park Service Rustic National Park Service rustic – sometimes colloquially called Parkitecture – is a style of architecture that developed in the early and middle 20th century in the United States National Park Service (NPS) through its efforts to create buildings ...
design. The bridge is not open for public traffic, and leads to the Narada park utility area. 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 District, which encompasses the entire park and which recognizes the park's inventory of Park Service-designed rustic architecture.


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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Washington (state) __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the US state of Washington (state), Washington. Bridges See also *List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Washington ...


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* * Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) Bridges completed in 1928 Bridges in Lewis County, Washington Arch bridges in the United States Rustic architecture in Washington (state) Buildings and structures in Mount Rainier National Park Historic American Engineering Record in Washington (state) 1928 establishments in Washington (state) National Register of Historic Places in Mount Rainier National Park Concrete bridges in the United States {{Washington-bridge-struct-stub