West Side Road, Between Nisqually Road & North Fork Puyallup River, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Significance: Begun as part of a "round-the-mountain" circuit road, the West Side Road was never completed. The road provides access to the southwest flank of Mount Rainier, but the ambitious plans to extend it north to the Mowich Lake and Carbon River districts were never realized. The road and its principal structures were carefully engineered to harmonize with the park environment, with the National Park Service Landscape Engineering Division closely monitoring all work. Closed above Fish Creek in 1989 by debris flow, the road's future is uncertain.
Survey number: HAER WA-122
Building/structure dates: 1926- 1934 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000344