Tue May 04, 2021 - West Edition #10
Lori Tobias â CEG Correspondent
A new bridge over Washington s I-5 is slated to open to traffic early this summer the first construction milestone and major component of a new expressway project in the Seattle/Tacoma area.
The new bridge and nearby roundabout to SR 99 being constructed by
Guy F. Atkinson crews are essential steps for the SR 167 Completion Project, which will build 6 mi. of highway and complete the unfinished SR 167 corridor near Tacoma.
The SR 167 Completion Project is part of the estimated $2 billion Puget Sound Gateway Program that includes the SR 509 Completion Project near Seattle. Both projects complete two crucial unfinished links in Washington State s highway and freight network.
Allison Needles: Record-setting bridge girders to cause lane closures on I-5 in Tacoma
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/1/2021 Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jan. 1 The new year will kick off with some overnight lane closures and detours on Interstate 5 in Tacoma.
The state Department of Transportation s contractor, Guy F. Atkinson Construction, will begin installing 30 giant bridge girders over the Puyallup River in Tacoma on Jan. 4 that will cause the disruptions.
One of those girders is a record-setting 223 feet in length and almost 9 feet high, weighing more than 246,500 pounds.
It s the longest prestressed concrete girder made in North America, according WSDOT, and is roughly the weight of a Blue whale and the length of a 747 airplane. The girders were made at Concrete Technology Corporation in Tacoma.