SUMNER'S STUCK RIVER BRIDGE
Posted by: 
The-DuHawks
N 47° 12.232 W 122° 14.728
10T E 557144 N 5228095
This old bridge is a Sumner, WA landmark.
Waymark Code: WM3FZG
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2008
Views: 30
This third Stuck River Bridge was built in 1927. The first bridge was built in 1863 just down stream at a cost of $495.00. It was rebuilt in 1884. In 1906 the White River was diverted in Auburn into Stuck Creek to make it a permanet tributary of the Puyallup River.
The Old Cannery Furniture Warehouse lights the bridge every year during the holiday season. Native Americans of the Green & White River Valleys were known as the Muckleshoots, The name of the Stuck River comes from the Native American work, "Stuch um", meaning BIG FISH, which also gave Sumner it's first name, "Stuck Junction" and later "Franklin"
The final name, Sumner, was selected by a "draw of the hat" and went on the railroad depot after the town incorporated in 1891.
Date Built: 01/01/1927
www:
http://www.daffodilvalleytimes.com/community/sumner/history_p.html
Parking Coordinates:: Not Listed
Length of Span: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Log your find with a picture of the bridge with yourself or your GPS in the foreground. This shot does not have to be taken "on" the bridge. The shot should show the "truss" structure of the bridge as well.