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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 West Spokane Street Bridge was constructed in 1924, to cross the west fork of the Duwamish Waterway and provide access to North Admiral, Alki Point, and other quickly-growing neighborhoods in West Seattle. Increasing traffic over the years had made it necessary to construct a parallel bridge in 1930.
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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 ...
[8] [14] Before the West Seattle Bridge opened, many of the neighborhoods in West Seattle had low property values because of the difficulty in getting downtown. [citation needed] The West Seattle Bridge was closed in March 2020 after cracks in the underside were found to be growing rapidly, necessitating a major repair amid the COVID-19 ...
As residents ponder the future impacts of replacing the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, one reader asked about WMPO's decision and how a toll project could impact low-income residents in the Wilmington ...
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