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West Seattle Bridge seen from the 12th Avenue South viewpoint on Beacon Hill in 2010. A monorail extension to West Seattle in the early 2000s was planned to use the West Seattle Bridge, with elevated columns over the center barrier. [15] The plan was later scaled down to a single-track guideway over the bridge and abandoned entirely in 2005 ...
The Spokane Street Bridge, also known as the West Seattle Low-Level Bridge, is a concrete double-leaf swing bridge in Seattle, Washington. It carries Southwest Spokane Street over the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle. It has two separate end-to-end swing-span sections, each 480 feet (150 m) long.
The single greatest cause of failure in Washington has been flooding, frequently associated with severe storms, which then results in destructive bridge scour. [1] [2] [3] According to University of Washington meteorologist Cliff Mass, Western Washington is "particularly vulnerable to such bridge losses, with long floating bridges and the powerful winds associated with our terrain and incoming ...
West Spokane Street Bridge, the 1924 low-span bridge that the Chavez smashed into (closed to traffic in 1978), and its 1930 low-span companion (closed to traffic in 1989) West Seattle Bridge , the high span that replaced the West Spokane Street Bridge for commuter purposes, opening in 1984
The low bridge, at mile marker 18 over White Oak Road, is being replaced with a single new bridge carrying traffic in both directions. Last winter, crews demolished half the bridge and built it ...
West Seattle Bridge c. 1918: West Seattle Bridge c. 1918 [56] (Spokane Street Bridge) [58] c. 1918 [58] 1924: Swing bridge: Duwamish West Waterway: Spokane Street: West Seattle Bridge (1924) West Spokane Street Bridge (1924) (Bridge No. 1; North Bridge; westbound traffic after 1930) [56] 1924: 1978: Bascule: Duwamish West Waterway: Spokane ...
Two-way traffic will resume by this weekend, but the opening of temporary lanes will not totally fix the gridlock.
Traffic travels across the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Thursday night Jan. 11, 2024 as crews close the right lanes going in and out of town to traffic.