From: Seatle Times Jan 12 2016 The new Highway 520 floating bridge (at right) seen from the Evergreen Point Lid in Medina, will open to traffic in early April. The new bridge includes a 14-foot bicycle and pedestrian lane along the north side of the bridge. Connections with Interstate 5, seen in the background,
In this June 1, 2015 photo, a steel cap on top of a water intake riser holds back the water of Lake Mead in a tunnel still under construction near Boulder City, Nev. When operational, the three-mile-long tunnel and intake will allow the Southern Nevada Water Authority to draw water from Lake Mead even if
re-posted from enr.construction.com The world's longest floating bridge will soon be eclipsed by a newer, longer span a few feet away on Lake Washington in Seattle. As crews from Kiewit-General-Manson (KGM) move toward swinging the final 1,000 ft worth of concrete pontoons into place this July, the owner—Washington State Dept. of Transportation—looks toward opening this
Bozeman, MT, USA 04/25/2014 By Bethany Duarte Associate Editor The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Redevelopment Project was selected by the U.S. Society on Dams (USSD) as its Excellence in the Constructed Project award recipient for 2014. The award was presented at the USSD Annual meeting in San Francisco earlier this month. This is USSD’s top award
Monday, January 07, 2013 Changes in environmental law left Seattle City Light to face an estimated $500,000 in construction costs when it wanted to install conduits for a new underwater fiber optic data line. The proposed maintenance would stretch across a tunnel that runs along a ship canal 60 feet below the surface of Portage
Latest update Date: Friday, December 14, 2012 Contact: Suanne Pelley, SR 520 Communications, 206-770-3578, 206-437-5717 (cell) Quality assurance update: One column to be replaced at contractor direction SEATTLE – Upcoming work on piers and columns for the new State Route 520 bridge will involve excavation in the lakebed inside a protective steel curtain known as
Fears that Las Vegas could run dry are allayed with news that a connection to a new reliable water source is on schedule with a key phase finished this March. Years of drought have halved the capacity of the lake supplying the desert city, with the threat that the water level could fall below the
Diver Dave Cleary surfaces after guiding another sheet piling in place during repair operations at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. By Anne-Marije Rook 02/07/2012 From the Ballard News-Tribune The Ballard locks will be closed to all pedestrian traffic Feb. 7 and Feb. 8th to all pedestrian traffic as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is
Long Range Internal Pipeline Inspection Crawler Inspection | 2004 This project required a video inspection of the interior of 3,346' of an 18' & 21' Ocean Outfall Pipeline. This was accomplished by first flushing all the effluent out of the pipeline offshore with fresh water. Once the pipeline was free of effluent, clear water was
2nd RSW at Ice Harbor Dam Walla Walla Army Corps of Engineers | 2004-2005 The Ice Harbor Dam RSW is the first production Removable Spillway Weir to be installed on the Snake River. The 1100 ton fish bypass structure was installed in spillbay 1 on the upstream side of the dam. As with the prototype,