Big construction equipment moving into place on 520 bridge
Mar 26, 2012, 5:36 PM | Updated: Mar 27, 2012, 5:45 am
View of the new SR 520 floating bridge, looking east. (WSDOT)
(WSDOT)
If you use the 520 bridge, you’re going to see some really
big construction equipment this week.
“You’re going to see some fairly prominent equipment
mobilizing on the lake. Couple very large derrick barges,
which are barge mounted cranes, as well as a number of
other barges, which are going to be moving and staging
materials out to the lake,” explained John White, manager
of
the Washington State Department of Transportation’s 520
Bridge Project.
Later this summer, the first batch of 77 floating concrete
bridge pontoons will be towed out to the north side of the
bridge where they’ll be assembled.
White says the work on the $4.65 billion project will
continue through the end of 2014
when the new six-lane bridge will open to traffic.
WSDOT is hosting open houses in Medina and Seattle where
it’ll update attendees about the design and construction
process.
Medina: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, at
Three Points Elementary School, 7800 NE 28th St., Medina.
Seattle: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at
the Museum of History & Industry, 2700 24th Ave. E.,
Seattle.
