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replacement funds), there is nothing else. And you certainly wouldn't want to go that route." In March 1978, several prominent West
Seattle residents filed a petition to organize a secession referendum, with the hopes of finding state funding for a new bridge to serve their independent city. The secession campaign was required to gather 29,000 signatures for a ballot measure, but were unable to meet the threshold before the northern or westbound drawbridge was permanently closed and all east–west traffic was funneled over the southern span.
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Tiemann, a federal highway regulator, stated that there would essentially be no chance of the project receiving federal funds for completion. Tiemann also quipped, "Short of a tug knocking it down (which could trigger federal special bridge
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and the West
Seattle Bridge. The West Seattle Bridge was renamed as the Jeanette Williams Memorial Bridge on July 6, 2009, in honor of councilmember Williams, who had been instrumental in securing political support for the construction of the bridge. However, all directional signs continue to carry
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section was one of
Seattle's first freeways, built in 1945. Upon completion of the West Seattle Bridge in 1984, the road comprising the Spokane Street Viaduct and the West Seattle Bridge was referred to as the "West Seattle Freeway". However, a series of fatalities led to recognition that the aging
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On March 23, 2020, SDOT began a long-term closure of the bridge for emergency repairs after cracks in the deck were discovered during a routine inspection. The girder wall cracks had grown to 2 ft (0.61 m) within a month, while the hollow girder cracks had been noticed during inspections.
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announced that the city would focus on repairing the bridge for $ 47 million with a projected opening of 2022. An option to replace the damaged section with a new steel span would have been completed in 2025 or 2026 and cost $ 390 million to $ 522 million. Kraemer North
America was
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From 2008 to 2013, the
Spokane Street Viaduct section between Interstate 5 and State Route 99 was rebuilt and widened. The widened roadway has three lanes in each direction and shoulders. A new westbound on and off ramp was built at 1st Avenue South and replaced the dangerous 4th Avenue South
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on July 6, 2009, in honor of councilmember
Williams, who had been instrumental in securing political support for the construction of the bridge. All directional signs still carry the name "West Seattle Bridge", many of which had formerly borne the designation "West Seattle Freeway".
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involving the head of the House
Transportation Committee, the city engineer and others. Despite the 68 percent support in the 1968 ballot measure, the state withdrew its urban streets money due to the scandal. In 1976 and 1977, the conspirators were placed on trial and imprisoned.
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selected as the main contractor for the bridge repair project in May 2021. Delays on the "mid-2022" reopening were incurred by a multi-month concrete workers strike. The bridge reopened to traffic on
September 17, 2022, two months later than originally expected.
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Spokane Street Bridge was one of Seattle's worst bottlenecks, due to the large number of ships in Duwamish Waterway and the frequent bridge openings. City leaders began planning a higher bridge, without a drawbridge, in the 1960s.
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ballot measure included $ 16.7 million in funding for the bridge, largely to receive votes from West Seattle residents. Other funding sources included a state program for funding urban streets and money from a maintenance
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design spans the west channel of the Duwamish River immediately north of the high-level bridge. The low-level bridge carries the surface-level Spokane Street and has a navigational clearance of 45 feet (14 meters).
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conducted repairs over a two-and-a-half-year period and reopened the bridge on September 17, 2022.
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Suffia, David (May 10, 1978). "West Seattle secession drive progressing slowly".
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Lange, Larry (November 9, 2005). "No monorail: Voters reject shortened line".
817:"Pedal Car-Free Over the West Seattle Bridge on May 5! | Cascade Bicycle Club"
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Lindblom, Mike (July 20, 2005). "Officials consider phased-in monorail".
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Kane, Thomas; Carpenter, James; Clark, John (November–December 1983).
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Lange, Larry (May 21, 2004). "Engineer raises monorail concerns".
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1449:"Bumper to Bumper: Dalai Lama, Bus a miss, Name that bridge"
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1210:"Alternate Routes for West Seattle High-rise Bridge closure"
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880:"Ship Runs Into Seattle Bridge (Published 1978)"
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1146:. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
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