The West Seattle Bridge is coming back ... after summer
The West Seattle Bridge will reopen on September 12.
"We expect the West Seattle Bridge to be open to traffic during the week of September 12," SDOT Program Manager Heather Marx said in a statement. "Sharing that today is a relief since our focus has always been on safely getting everyone back on the bridge ASAP. It’s been hard having to wait for this update, but we did need to get through the concrete work to understand exactly where we were schedule-wise. Thank you for being so patient, Seattle.”
The Seattle Department of Transportation hopes to reopen the bridge in September, after its initial goal of opening before summer was snarled by the concrete strike.
The West Seattle Bridge was closed more than two years ago so crews could fix expanding cracks that threatened its stability. The $175 million repair work is expected to last for 30 years.
Crews still have to inject epoxy into the cracks and finish applying carbon-fiber wrapping that will increase the bridge's strength.
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Angela King
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