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New SR 520 Floating Bridge
Bruce:
WSDOT has finally announced the details of their grand opening of the replacement for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (which carries WA-520 across Lake Washington from Seattle towards Bellevue). The new bridge is the world's longest floating bridge (surpassing the original span by a few feet) and will open in 4 stages in April:
* Saturday, April 2: Community fun run/walk organized by Virginia Mason
* Sunday, April 3: Bike ride organized by the Cascade Bicycle Club
* Monday, April 11: Westbound traffic shifts to the new bridge
* Monday, April 25: Eastbound traffic shifts to the new bridge
Read more in WSDOT's press release, the celebration website and The Seattle Times.
Here's a picture of the old and new bridges I took from Evergreen Point (the eastern end, looking west) in November:
707:
Holy Christmas, that bridge looks like it got hit with an ugly stick!
jakeroot:
--- Quote from: 707 on January 14, 2016, 02:05:05 AM ---Holy Christmas, that bridge looks like it got hit with an ugly stick!
--- End quote ---
It's not quite finished yet. There's still plenty of aesthetic work to complete.
kkt:
Wow, I didn't realize it was that close to opening.
Will there be another chance to walk across the old span after it closes to cars before it gets demolished?
jakeroot:
Here's the final design. Note the tall lit structures, called "sentinels", which will be "armed with lasers to fend off marauding invaders", as well as "amuse our feline overlords" (1):
Jokes aside, I think they're just tall things that can look cool at night...
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