Grand Coulee Dam

Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the in the U.S. state of , built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grand Coulee Bridge.

Bridge
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The , or Columbia River Bridge at Grand Coulee Dam, is a through-cantilever steel truss bridge built in 1934–35. It carries State Route 155 across the immediately below Grand Coulee Dam, near the city of . is situated 3,400 feet north of Grand Coulee Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coulee Dam and Grand Coulee.

Village
is a town in , , and counties in the state of . The Douglas County portion of is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,211 as of the 2020 census.

is a city in the of . It is on the shore of Lake Roosevelt just above the Dam, the largest hydroelectric power producer in the United States.

Village
is a town in , , United States. The population was 239 at the 2020 census. is situated 3 miles north of Grand Coulee Dam.

Grand Coulee Dam

Latitude
47.9566° or 47° 57′ 24″ north
Longitude
-118.97767° or 118° 58′ 40″ west
Elevation
1,283 feet (391 metres)
Open location code
85V3X24C+JW
Geo­Names ID
5795932
Wiki­data ID
Q930391
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Grand Coulee Dam” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Diga e Grand-Coulee
  • Arabic: سد كولي الكبير
  • Bengali: গ্র্যান্ড কুলি বাঁধ
  • Bulgarian: ВЕЦ Гранд Кули Дам
  • Bulgarian: Гранд Кули Дам
  • Cebuano: Grand Coulee Dam
  • Chinese: Grand Coulee Dam
  • Chinese: 大古力水坝
  • Chinese: 大古力水壩
  • Croatian: Hidroelektrana Grand Coulee
  • Czech: Grand Coulee Dam
  • Czech: Grand Coulee
  • Czech: přehrada Grand Coulee
  • Czech: Přehrada Grand Coulee
  • Danish: Grand Coulee Dam
  • Dutch: Grand Coulee Dam
  • Dutch: Grand Couleedam
  • Esperanto: Baraĵo de Grand Coulee
  • French: barrage de Grand Coulee
  • French: Barrage de Grand Coulee
  • French: Barrage Grand Coulee
  • French: Grand Coulee Dam
  • Georgian: გრანდ კულის ჰიდროელექტროსადგური
  • German: Grand Coulee Dam
  • German: Grand-Coulee-Talsperre
  • Hebrew: סכר גרנד קולי
  • Hungarian: Grand Coulee-gát
  • Indonesian: Bendungan Grand Coulee
  • Irish: Damba an Grand Coulee
  • Italian: Diga Grand Coulee
  • Italian: Grand Coulee Dam
  • Japanese: グランドクーリーダム
  • Korean: 그랜드쿨리댐
  • Lithuanian: Grand Kulio užtvanka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Grand Coulee-dammen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Grand Coulee-demningen
  • Norwegian: Grand Coulee-demningen
  • Persian: سد گرند کولی
  • Polish: Grand Coulee
  • Polish: Zapora Grand Coulee
  • Portuguese: Represa Grand Coulee
  • Russian: Гранд Кули
  • Russian: Гранд-Кули
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hidroelektrana Grand Coulee
  • Slovenian: Jez Grand Coulee
  • Spanish: Presa Grand Coulee
  • Swedish: Grand Coulee-dammen
  • Ukrainian: ГЕС Гранд-Кулі
  • Vietnamese: Đập Grand Coulee

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