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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015
Vol. CXXIV, No. 123
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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Puyallup River Bridge WSDOT replaces historic steel-truss span
Photos Courtesy Washington State Department of Transportation After nearly a year of construction, state and local officials gathered Thursday morning to cut ceremonial ribbons to commemorate completion of the new northbound State Route 167 Puyallup River Bridge. The new span replaces a structurally-deficient steel-truss bridge built in 1925. The new bridge sports wider lanes and a wider sidewalk, and eliminates the current over-height and overweight truck load restrictions across the Puyallup River. Although the new bridge has the same The existing northbound bridge, built in 1925, was replaced because it reached the end of its useful life, according to Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) officials. In the next few months, WSDOT plans to move the steel-truss bridge onto property adjacent to the highway. It will stay there up to four years while WSDOT works to find a new home for the historically-significant bridge, potentially as a structure along the Foothills Trail in Pierce or King County.
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number of lanes as the old bridge, it is designed to accommodate widening in the future. "Today's ceremony highlighted the hard work, dedication and good partnerships that made this project a success," said Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Administrator Kevin Dayton. "We're very happy to deliver this new, improved bridge to the community." To connect the highway and the new bridge, crews will close all lanes of northbound State Route 167 at Meridian Avenue beginning at 9 p.m. on Fri., June 26, and ending by 5 a.m. on Mon., June 29. During the closure, northbound drivers will follow a signed detour via State Route 512 and State Route 167. Drivers should expect delays during the weekend closure. In the next few months, WSDOT will move the 1925 steel-truss bridge onto WSDOT property adjacent to the highway. It will stay there up to four years while WSDOT works to find a new home for the historically-significant bridge, po-
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To build the new State Route 167 Puyallup River Bridge at Meridian Avenue, workers needed a series of very large girders. The 90- to 150-foot-long girders were manufactured in Southwest Washington and hauled by semi-truck to the location of the new bridge. tentially as a structure along the Foothills Trail in Pierce or King County. More information is available online at wsdot. wa.gov/. To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of the new northbound State Route 167 Puyallup River Bridge, visit our Web site for the following articles: — WSDOT plans milestone Puyallup River Bridge relocation (Tacoma Daily Index, July 1, 2014) — WSDOT: Puyallup River Bridge inspections continue (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 25, 2013) — WSDOT: Puyallup River Bridge inspections resume this weekend (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 15, 2013) — WSDOT: Puyallup River Bridge inspections ahead (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 9, 2013)
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