Originally a logging railroad bridge built in 1929, the High Steel Bridge looms about 375 feet above the South Fork of the Skokomish River, attracting visitors year round. When driving or walking ...

Trespassers beneath Shelton's High Steel Bridge keep falling down the mountainside, and officials are sounding the alarm. "Stay on the bridge. Please," said Cpl. Tim Ripp of Mason County Sheriff's ...

Former farmers, clerks, and taxicab drivers became high steel men. Before taking a job as an ironworker on the bridge, 25-year-old Slim Lambert had been a cowboy, a stevedore, and a lumberjack.

The bridge will close at 9 on Friday morning for installation and a ribbon cutting is scheduled for 11. The town of Lyndon says they hope to have the bridge reopened by school dismissal time.