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Photograph of Agate Pass Bridge
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Agate Pass Bridge

Built in 1950. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“The Agate Pass Bridge is a structural steel truss cantilever bridge spanning Agate Pass, connecting Bainbridge Island to the Kitsap Peninsula. It was built in 1950, and it replaced a car ferry service which dated from the 1920s.”

Wikipedia article Agate Pass Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 23 National Register listings published here for Kitsap County · listed in 1995 · category: Structure · built in 1950.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. WA 305 over Agate Passage, Suquamish, 98370
  • When was it listed? May 1995
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Bridges of Washington State MPS
  • Census division. Poulsbo
  • When was it built? 1950
  • National Register reference number. 95000625 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Agate Pass Bridge between 1994 and 2002, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acrePuget Sound AgencyPETER
29 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresPuget Sound AgencyCARRIERE
10 June 2002Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
18 November 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresPuget Sound AgencyAGATE PASS

Every fire recorded in Kitsap County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Agate Pass Bridge: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albright PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Danielson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Island Pit N-2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kitsap County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Doe-Kag-Wats4.3 miles2019
Bainbridge Island Filipino Community Hall5.3 miles1995
Camp Major Hopkins6.4 miles2005
Jackson Hall Memorial Community Hall7.1 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 95000625 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kitsap CountyAll 23 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.