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document.write('Trip to the Deception Pass Bridge in Washington state, USA on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011. The much-photographed two-lane bridge connects Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island and is one of the scenic wonders of the Pacific Northwest. The bridge has two spans, one over Canoe Pass to the north, and the other over Deception Pass to the south. Construction began in August 1934, and the completed bridge was dedicated at noon on July 31, 1935. The Wallace Bridge and Structural Co. of Seattle provided 460 tons of steel for the 511-foot Canoe Pass arch and 1130 tons for the 976-foot Deception Pass span. The cost of the New Deal-era construction was US$482000, made possible through the Public Works Administration and county funds. In 1982, the bridge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It cost more to paint the spans in 1983 than to build them in 1935. They were repainted in 1997. Deception Pass is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island in northwest Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Deception Pass is surrounded by the Deception Pass State Park, the most-visited park in Washington with over 2 million visitors each year. The park has an amazing abundance of recreational opportunities. It has three campgrounds. The Cranberry campground is the largest, with 235 sites, along the shores of Cranberry Lake and North Beach. Many of these sites are in old growth forest. Quarry Pond campground is east of <b>...</b> | ');
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document.write('Scuba Divin' in the Puget Sound @ Three Tree point. Found an old sunken boat too. This was my first time using final cut, so it's not the best edit ever. | ');
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