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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012
Vol. CXXIII, No. 229
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5 Tacoma, Pierce County bridges receive $27M for improvements
Model Train Festival returns to History Museum
Photo Courtesy Washington State History Museum Just in time for the holiday season, the Washington State History Museum announces the opening of its 17th Annual Model Train Festival, extended through Christmas for the first time and offering new attractions. Held at the history museum, located at 1911 Pacific Ave., the 11-day festival will take over every floor to create the largest permanent model train layout in the state. Adults and children alike will be dazzled by the detailed work of local model train enthusiasts, including Boeing Employees Model Railroad Club, Pierce County Lionel Club, Mount Rainier NScale, and Puget Sound Model Railroad Engineers, among others. From engine car to caboose, visitors will be able to watch model trains wind through elaborate displays and scenes and join in on the fun, through interactive features such as the Operation Lifesaver train simulator and the Cannonball Express, which lets visitors play with and build train sets. For the first time this year, Santa Claus will park his sleigh at the museum from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 21 through Dec. 23 to take train-themed holiday photos with families. Parents can skip the long mall lines, and still capture photos of their kids with Saint Nick, while enjoying all the model train displays.
"Model trains and the holiday season seem to go hand-in-hand, and this annual festival continues to be one of our major attractions year after year," said Jennifer Kilmer, director of the Washington State Historical Society. "It's also a great opportunity to look at how impactful the golden age of railroads was to the growth and development of Washington State." For children ages 1 to 18 who are LEGO and train fans, the Washington State History Museum is welcoming back its popular LEGO Train Design Competition on Dec. 19 and Dec. 20, and will display all entrants and ribbon winners in the History Lab during the exhibit. Also capturing visitors' attention in the History Lab, featured train movies will be playing on the movie screen each day to educate about life on the railroad. For more information on the competition and festival attractions, visit washingtonhistory.org/wshm/festivals.aspx. Exhibit hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours and free admission every third Thursday, 2p.m. to 8 p.m. General admission is $9.50 for adults; $7 for seniors; $7 for students and military with valid ID; children, age 5 and below, and members are always free. The 17th Annual Train Festival is made possible in part by TOTE, Port of Tacoma, Tacoma Public Utilities, and Amtrak.
File Photo By Todd Matthews, Editor Seventy city and county projects across the state will receive a portion of $130 million in federal funds to repair or replace aging bridges. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) selected projects that will replace, remove and/or repair aging, obsolete and structurally deficient bridges. The funding comes from the Federal Highway Fund. In Tacoma and Pierce County, the projects include the following: Pierce County -- $2.4 million to replace the North Fork Muck Creek Bridge; Puyallup -- $10 million to replace the Puyallup River (Milwaukee) Bridge; Sumner -- $9.6 million to replace the White River Bridge near Stuck River; Tacoma -- $4 million to repair the Union Avenue Viaduct (pictured) bridge deck; Tacoma -- $1.88 million to repair the deck of the Schuster Parkway / Ruston Way Bridge. "Some of these bridges are beyond the point of repair and need to be replaced," said Kathleen Davis, director of Highways and Local Programs with WSDOT. "Many of them, though, can be repaired, which will add many more years of operation to their lifespan." WSDOT and the Bridge Replacement Advisory Committee received and reviewed 87 applications. The committee is comprised of bridge and engineering professionals, with three members each from Washington cities and counties. The committee's primary objective is to enhance traveler safety through replacement and rehabilitation of old, worn-out bridges owned by cities and counties. A complete list of bridges statewide slated to receive funding is available online at wsdot.wa.gov/ NR/rdonlyres/287D1A93-7E63-455F-A6CB-A440C1 2A9072/0/2012BridgeSelections.pdf.