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The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge is a floating bridge in the Seattle metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Washington.It is one of the Interstate 90 floating bridges that carries the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 across Lake Washington from Seattle to Mercer Island.
A third floating bridge on Lake Washington was proposed in the 1950s during construction of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge to the north. After several locations were considered, a span parallel to the existing Lake Washington Floating Bridge (now the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge) was chosen in the 1960s. [1]
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, which carries the highway's eastbound traffic and is the second longest floating bridge in the world; Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge, which carries the highway's westbound traffic and is the fifth longest floating bridge in the world; it is planned to also carry light rail trains
[9] [10] The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge had previously been replaced after the original span sunk in 1990 when water filled an open maintenance hatch during refurbishing. Age and the 2001 Nisqually earthquake have damaged the several other spans.
The Evergreen Point, Lacey V. Murrow, and Third Lake Washington bridges are the longest, second longest, and fifth longest floating bridges in the world, respectively. A portion of the Lacey V. Murrow Bridge sank during a windstorm on November 25, 1990; at the time, the bridge was closed for renovations.
I-90 is the only Interstate to cross the state from west to east, and the only one to connect the state's two largest cities, Seattle and Spokane. It incorporates two of the longest floating bridges in the world, the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge, which cross Lake Washington from Seattle to Mercer Island.
The expansion included construction of a new, parallel tunnel with a larger diameter, located north of the original tunnel. Construction began in 1983. [7] When the overall I-90 project was completed in 1993, the twin 1940 tunnels would be connected to the southern I-90 floating bridge (the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge) and carry eastbound traffic only, while the 1989 tunnel would be ...
Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge: 1940 removed 1991-03-11 Seattle: King: Pontoon: McClure Bridge: 1912 removed 1990-07-16 Palouse: Whitman: Timber Pratt truss: North 4th and Dock Street Bridge: removed 1984-03-13 Tacoma: Pierce: Pratt truss Pasco–Kennewick Bridge: 1922 removed 1990-07-16 Pasco: Franklin: Cantilever through truss Prosser Steel ...