Why is it called Lincoln Bridge?

Lincoln Bridge, also known as the Highway 530 bridge, is Arlington's eastern access across the Stillaguamish River to points north on Highway 530, taking you past Arlington Heights, Trafton, Oso and onto Darrington.

This postcard image, dating from the early 1900s, shows the bridge and what appears to be the bridge's namesake on the left, Lincoln Mill, on the southern bank of the river.

Today's Lincoln Bridge bears no resemblance to its ancestor, though its curving concrete and steel structure sometimes suggests a man-made interpretation of the flow of the river below it.