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Montlake — Five Times No
Sal: Between Montlake and Lake Washington Boulevard. Sal: Just north of here, the Montlake Bridge carries traffic over the Montlake Cut. It opened on June 27, 1925, a double-leaf drawbridge with Gothic control towers, designed to echo the University of Washington campus beside it. Sal: It was the last of the four drawbridges over the canal, and widely considered the most beautiful. It came last because five times between 1914 and 1922, Seattle voters defeated the bonds to pay for it. Peggy: Five times. The prettiest bridge on the canal, and nobody wanted to buy it. Sal: Many people credited…
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