Mason County deputies rescued a 19-year-old man who fell nearly 400 feet down the side of a canyon at the High Steel Bridge last weekend.

A teenager was rescued after falling some 400 feet down the side of a canyon at the High Steel Bridge, some 98 miles southeast of Seattle, authorities say.

SHELTON, Wash. (KING/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A 19-year-old man fell 400 feet beneath a bridge and lived. On either side of the High Steel Bridge in Mason County, Washington is a 420 foot drop.

Sheriff's deputies and firefighters assembled and decided to use a rope and harness to scale the dangerous bridge and bring the 19-year-old to safety.

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.

The Mason County Sheriff's Office says a 19-year-old fell approximately 400 feet down the side of the canyon at the High Steel Bridge on Sunday.

SHELTON, Wash — Trespassers beneath Shelton's High Steel Bridge keep falling down the mountainside, and officials are sounding the alarm. "Stay on the bridge.

On either side of the High Steel Bridge in Mason County is a 420-foot drop. A 19-year-old man was walking Saturday on the incredibly steep terrain beneath the bridge.

A teenager was rescued after falling some 400 feet down the side of a canyon at the High Steel Bridge, some 98 miles southeast of Seattle, authorities say.