<p>The Montlake Bridge was completed in 1925 and links the Montlake neighborhood and the University District; it is one of four double-leaf bascule bridges that carry vehicle and pedestrian traffic across the Lake Washington Ship Canal, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982. 
</p><p>This image of the bridge was taken during construction, and appears to be facing east towards Lake Washington.
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James P. Lee (1894-1963) was the City of Seattle's Engineering Department photographer from 1922-1957. <p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>
<p>Handwritten on verso: Montlake Bridge</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Bridge construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Drawbridges--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.); Montlake Bridge (Seattle, Wash.); Montlake Cut (Seattle, Wash."</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56815113" class="extiw" title="d:Q56815113"><span title="American photographer">James Patrick Lee</span></a>
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