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The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, also known as the 520 Bridge and officially the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge, carries Washington State Route 520 across Lake Washington from Seattle to its eastern suburbs.
The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge stretches across Lake Washington, connecting Seattle to its eastern suburbs. When it opened in 2016, it immediately entered the record books as both the...
On August 28, 1963, the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge opens after years of planning and bickering. The floating portion of the bridge is 7,578 feet (approximately 1.4 miles) long, and crosses Lake Washington in King County from Seattle's Montlake neighborhood to Evergreen Point in the Eastside community of Medina.
The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, officially the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge, and commonly called the SR 520 Bridge or 520 Bridge, was a floating bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that carried State Route 520 across Lake Washington, connecting Medina with the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle.
A floating bridge is the best option for crossing the water, rather than driving around the lake. The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge is officially named the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge. It’s rarely called that and is usually referred to as the 520 Bridge, or SR 520 (SR = State Route).
The Governor Albert D. Rossellini Bridge—Evergreen Point bridge (often called just the SR 520 bridge) in Seattle is the longest floating bridge on the planet. It is 7,497 feet (2,285 meters), or 1.4 miles (metric), long and spans Lake Washington, letting vehicles pass to and from Seattle and Bellevue, Washington.
Following over a half decade of service, the old floating bridge had begun to float about a foot lower than originally designed and was closed during major storms and high winds – eliminating one of the two vital transportation corridors across Lake Washington.