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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014
Vol. CXXIII, No. 162
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Tacoma Avenue South Bridge
2 contractors bid on rehab project Posted online Tues., Aug. 19 Article By Todd Matthews, Editor Photos Courtesy City of Tacoma Two contractors have bid on a project to rehabilitate the 81-year-old Tacoma Avenue South Bridge. The beams, sidewalks, guardrails, and deck on the bridge have deteriorated to the point of limiting traffic lanes, closing sidewalks, and reducing maximum vehicle weight restrictions, according to City staff. The bridge is a key transportation corridor between downtown Tacoma and the Lincoln International Business District. Three years ago, the City accepted a $7.1 million federal grant to help pay for the project. One year later, Tacoma City Council awarded a $1.2 million contract to Bellevue, Wash.-based TranTech Engineering to complete the bridge design. In February, councilmembers directed an additional $400,000 toward the bridge design. In addition to building a new concrete deck, guardrails, streetlights, and sidewalks, the rehabilitation project would replace the girders and paint all the steel members on the bridge. A pre-bid meeting was held in July. The bid deadline was originally set to expire on Tues., July 29, at 11 a.m. However, it was changed twice: first to Tues., Aug. 12, at 11 a.m.; then to Tues., Aug. 19, at 11 a.m. The two contractors that submitted bids are Quigg Bros., Inc. (Aberdeen, Wash. — $9,170,660.05) and MJ Hughes Construction (Vancouver, Wash. —
$10,771,417.67), according to preliminary bid results posted on the City of Tacoma's Web site. The Tacoma Avenue South Bridge is one of several local bridges that needs or has undergone rehabilitation work. Last month, City officials cited safety concerns when they announced a plan to close the 103-year-old East 11th Street Bridge, which spans the Puyallup River near the Port of Tacoma tide flats. In May, City officials cited safety concerns when they reduced maximum vehicle weight restrictions from 18 tons to 10 tons on the 87-year-old Puyallup River Bridge linking Tacoma to Pacific Highway in Fife; the City previously reduced load limits on the bridge five years ago. The 101-year-old Murray Morgan Bridge re-opened to vehicles and pedestrians last year following a $57 million rehabilitation project. Finally, in May 2012, the Hylebos Bridge spanning Blair Waterway on East 11th Street near the Port of Tacoma tide flats re-opened after a failed drive shaft left the double-bascule bridge platforms upright for more than a decade. To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of the Tacoma Avenue South Bridge Rehabilitation Project, visit our Web site for the following articles: — ***UPDATE*** City seeks bids for $9M Tacoma Avenue South Bridge rehab project (Tacoma
The City of Tacoma plans to spend approximately $9 million to rehabilitate the 81-year-old Tacoma Avenue South Bridge, which has deteriorated to the point of limiting traffic lanes, closing sidewalks, and reducing maximum vehicle weight restrictions. In addition to building a new concrete deck, guardrails, streetlights, and sidewalks, the rehabilitation project would replace the girders and paint all the steel members on the bridge. Daily Index, July 8, 2014) — Additional funding approved for Tacoma Avenue South Bridge rehab (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 19, 2014) — No light rail planned for Tacoma Avenue South Bridge rehab (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 15, 2013) — Bridge closure, light rail among design discussion for Tacoma Ave South Bridge rehab (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 25, 2013) — $9M rehab could mean long-term closure for Tacoma Ave South Bridge (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 22, 2013) — Funding approved for Tacoma Avenue South Bridge design (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 29, 2012) — Design work could begin soon on Tacoma Avenue South Bridge rehab (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 24, 2012)