Deception Pass Bridge
A 1935 steel-arch twin bridge spanning Deception Pass strait, with the deck 55 meters above the water. You can walk onto the bridge and look down at the churning currents.
Deception Pass Bridge connects the north end of Whidbey Island with Fidalgo Island. It consists of two steel-arch bridges that cross Deception Pass and a waterway through a small island in between. Built in 1935 by a civilian conservation corps, it is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and is the most photographed bridge in Washington State. The bridge has a pedestrian walkway. From its center, you can look down on whirlpools and rapids that form as the tide rises and falls in the pass, with cliffs and Douglas fir forests on both sides. Parking lots at both ends require a Washington State Discover Pass. Be careful of traffic when walking. From Seattle, it is about 1.5 hours via Interstate 5, or you can take a ferry to the island from the south end and drive the full length of the island to reach it.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Deception Pass State Park
- Rosario Beach
- Joseph Whidbey State Park
- Windjammer Park
- Penn Cove
- Coupeville Historic Waterfront
- Fort Ebey State Park
- Ebey's Landing Bluff Trail