A Fresh Coat of Paint For Murray Morgan Bridge?
According to a story in today’s Tacoma Daily Index, the City’s Landmarks Commission is considering a proposal to add some color to the famously aged Murray Morgan Bridge. According to documents recovered by the city, the bridge has been painted various earthy hues in the past; this time around, officials are considering black or silver.
The Landmarks Commission will meet to discuss the topic on Wednesday, March 23 at 5 p.m. at Tacoma Municipal Building North, 728 St. Helens, Room 16. Visit here if you’d like more information on the meeting and the Landmarks Commission. For more reading on the history of the preservation effort, see Exit133’s coverage here and here.
On a side note:
I once lived in a small mountain town where a cabled gondola system was installed to carry tourists to the top of a prominent foothill. The locals were concerned about the industrial flash of the new steel lift towers climbing the hillside, which contrasted sharply with the red and weathered face of the mountain. Engineers solved the problem by painting the towers with some kind of paint that quickly and safely oxidized. Soon, the towers acquired a more fitting ruddy tone.
Filed under: murray-morgan-bridge, tacoma-landmarks
17 comments
L low bar March 22, 2011
duh photo-luminescent paint
R RR Anderson March 22, 2011
rainbow colors!
T Thorax O'Tool March 22, 2011
Why not use paint that changes hue as the temperature changes? Not only is that awesome, but the bridge would also be an enormous thermometer.
Z Z March 22, 2011
Wasent it painted black at some point in its life already. silver would look good on it at night and even during the day. Now only if it were a functioning bridge again
M Mofo from the Hood March 22, 2011
Tijuana Chrome.
J Jesse March 22, 2011
What Thorax said. Does that even exist?
A AreteTacoma March 22, 2011
Camouflage. Maybe it’ll entice the folks at Fort Lewis McCord to come up here more often and spend their money in town.
R RR Anderson March 22, 2011
Can I paint sponge bob on the counterweights ?
T Thorax O'Tool March 22, 2011
There is temperature-sensitive paint, but not only is it expensive, but it’s range isn’t as much as I’d like and it seems they tend to be single-time events.
I think what would look striking would be a 2 color scheme. Maybe black & red or blue & white.
N NSHDscott March 22, 2011
Black would be awesome! Portland has some black metal bridges of a similar style, and they look sharp. I did kind of like Thorax’s idea of red accents on black, too, although that’s even more Portlandesque (NBA Blazers).
N Nick March 22, 2011
How about Fire Truck Red? Evergreen Green (or EverGreen)?
T Thorax O'Tool March 23, 2011
Candy apple red with a glitter coat.
L low bar March 23, 2011
don’t forget the tassels
J Jesse March 23, 2011
“Candy apple red with a glitter coat.” — Thorax
Could we give it fancy hydrological shocks too?
L low bar March 23, 2011
don’t forget the bridge nuts
S Squid March 26, 2011
Tassels? This is Tacoma…tassels we got.
How about baseball cards attached with clothespins that burrrrrr in the wind….
A Altered-Chords March 26, 2011
Can’t paint it black. No one will be able to find it at night. Paint it pink.