Agate Pass Bridge
Introduction

The **Agate Pass Bridge** is a [structural steel](/wiki/Structural_steel "Structural steel") [truss](/wiki/Trusses "Trusses") [cantilever bridge](/wiki/Cantilever_bridge "Cantilever bridge") spanning [Agate Pass](/wiki/Agate_Pass "Agate Pass"), connecting [Bainbridge Island](/wiki/Bainbridge_Island "Bainbridge Island") to the [Kitsap Peninsula](/wiki/Kitsap_Peninsula "Kitsap Peninsula"). It was built in 1950, and it replaced a car ferry service which dated from the 1920s. The bridge provides a direct route along [Washington State Route 305](/wiki/Washington_State_Route_305 "Washington State Route 305") between [Seattle](/wiki/Seattle "Seattle"), via the [Seattle\-Bainbridge Island ferry](/wiki/Seattle-Bainbridge_Island_ferry "Seattle-Bainbridge Island ferry"), and the [Kitsap Peninsula](/wiki/Kitsap_Peninsula "Kitsap Peninsula").

The Agate Pass Bridge is  long and is  above the water and has a channel clearance of  between piers.

The original construction cost of $1,351,363 was paid out of the motor vehicle fund, and operated as a [toll bridge](/wiki/Toll_bridge "Toll bridge") from October 7, 1950, until October 1, 1951, when costs were repaid by a [bond issue](/wiki/Bond_issue "Bond issue") passed by the [Washington State Legislature](/wiki/Washington_State_Legislature "Washington State Legislature"). The [Washington Toll Bridge Authority](/wiki/Washington_Toll_Bridge_Authority "Washington Toll Bridge Authority") managed the bridge during the year it took to repay the bond. 

The Agate Pass Bridge is listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places "National Register of Historic Places").


How high above the water is the Agate Pass Bridge?