The Aurora Bridge (officially the George Washington Memorial Bridge) is a cantilever and truss bridge that carries State Route 99 (Aurora Avenue North) over the west end of Seattle's Lake Union. Construction on the bridge piers began in 1929, and the bridge was opened to traffic on February 22, 1932, George Washington's 200th birthday. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

This aerial photograph of the bridge was taken on July 20, 1964, looking south. Lake Union is on the left side of the frame, and the Space Needle can be seen in the distance in the top right of the frame. John Fraser Vallentyne (1928-2002) was an aerial photographer for The Boeing Co. and a staff photographer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the 1950s-1960s.

Caption information source: "From the archives: History of the Aurora Bridge," Casey McNerthney, http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2010/06/09/from-the-archives-history-of-the-aurora-bridge/
Caption information source: "John F. Vallentyne, photographer, dies at 74," by D. Parvaz, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 1, 2002