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Manette Bridge
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The Manette Bridge spans the Port Washington Narrows in Bremerton, Washington. The bridge was originally opened in June 1930 as the Bremerton-East Bremerton Bridge, a toll bridge by the East Bremerton Improvement Club to assist families in commuting from the eastside of Bremerton, Washington to the westside. Prior to this time, the trip could only be made by ferry or a long trip around Dyes Inlet through Chico, Silverdale and Tracyton on mostly unimproved roads.
The Washington Toll Bridge Authority purchased the bridge in 1937. The tolls generated on the bridge enabled the Toll Bridge Authority to recover the purchase price within a year and a half. The toll was then lifted.
The 1,573 foot long wooden bridge was replaced with the present concrete and steel version in October 1949. The current bridge is 82 feet above the water.
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