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A set of three girders are lifted into the air by a large derrick barge. Tugboats will tow the derrick and suspended girders closer to their final location between the stationary Pier 1 and floating Pontoon W.
On Friday, June 27 crews working to construct a new SR 520 floating bridge installed a large hinged transition span that connects the moveable, floating bridge to the stationary, elevated bridge segment near Lake Washington’s eastern shore. The transition span is composed of five steel girders, each 190 feet long and 45 tons. Check out where the transition span will be and how it works.
A WSDOT engineer looks on as the T-pontoon squeezes between pontoons in the casting basin. The T-pontoon, specially built for these pontoons, removes the supplemental stability pontoons from the casting basin in pairs.
Beginning July 27, 2013, crews floated eight supplemental stability pontoons out of the casting basin in which they were constructed, at the Concrete Technology Corporation site in Tacoma, WA. These pontoons are the third of six of cycles of pontoons to be completed at this site.
After each cycle, pontoons are inspected and temporarily moored prior to being towed to Lake Washington and used in assembly of the new SR 520 floating bridge.
March 14, 2013: On the corner of a new pontoon under construction in Aberdeen, a welder puts finishing touches on a bollard.
Construction is complete on the second cycle of SR 520 bridge pontoons in Aberdeen. In this cycle, crews built six total pontoons:
• Three longitudinal pontoons (360 ft. x 75 ft. x 29 ft.)
• One cross pontoon (270 ft. x 75 ft. x 33 ft.)
• Two supplemental stability pontoons (98 ft. x 60 ft. x 28 ft.)
Throughout the winter crews have been working to construct the columns and architectural elements on Pontoon A. With column work complete, workers are preparing to build the crossbeam that will support the roadway of the future SR 520 bridge.
News media were invited on a boat tour with project managers with the Washington State Department of Transportation on Nov. 22, 2013. During the tour, media could see construction progress on the new floating bridge up close.
With the Seattle skyline in the distance, the final pontoon needed for the new SR 520 floating bridge passes through Lake Union after a four day journey from Aberdeen, WA to Lake Washington. Pontoon F is the 77th pontoon to arrive in Seattle, out of a total 77 pontoons needed to construct the new SR 520 floating bridge. Build your own Pontoon F by visiting our website.
More information about the new SR 520 floating bridge is available on our website.
After leaving Lake Washington in July 2013 for repairs, Pontoon W is now back on the Lake and on its permanent anchors near Medina. Throughout the fall season construction crews will work to reconstruct six new columns that will support the future bridge.
The original columns had to be removed due to a construction issue.
Crew members work together to install rebar for one of several crossbeams that that will support the future roadway on the new SR 520 floating bridge.
More information about the new SR 520 floating bridge is available on our website.
Safety first! Crews are tied to the structure as they work several feet above the bottom of the south column of Pier 1.
Pier 1 for the new Floating Bridge is in Lake Washington near Medina.
Port Moody, BC Canada
Belcarra Regional Park is a 1,100-hectare regional park located in metropolitan Vancouver. It is northeast of the meeting of Burrard Inlet with Indian Arm, beginning near Belcarra Bay and extending to Sasamat Lake.
Sasamat is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver, is located in Belcarra Regional Park, and is the home to Sasamat Outdoor Centre.
The park is northwest of the Village of Anmore and to the southwest of Buntzen Lake.
sasamat.org/Where_What_is_Belcarra_Regional_Park_.html
Sasamat Lake is located within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
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On top of the pontoons, but underneath the low-rise roadway deck, a crew member installs electrical equipment for the new SR 520 floating bridge. Unlike the existing floating bridge, the roadway for the new bridge at the low-rise section is approximately 10 feet above the surface of the pontoons.
Visit the SR 520 pontoon tracking and bridge assembly page for the latest updates on bridge construction progress.
The final pontoon needed to build the new SR 520 bridge prepares to leave the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks on Thursday, April 9. Three pontoons passed through the Locks that day, with hundreds of visitors and spectators celebrating the historic event at the Locks and along the Ship Canal.
More information about the new SR 520 floating bridge is available on our website.
Crews ready Pontoon F for its final trip to Lake Washington by hanging a banner that was signed by crews who are working to build the new floating bridge. On Thursday, April 9, the arrival of pontoons G, H and F marked a major milestone in the construction of the new SR 520 floating bridge. They were the last of 77 pontoons needed to build the new bridge.
Build your own set of pontoons by visiting our website.
Bellevue Skyline and the I-90 Floating Bridge, seen from the lake front portion of Mt. Baker Park in Seattle. Panorama photo, made from 12 separate pictures and stitched together with Windows Live Photo Gallery. This work has been placed in Creative Commons.
A concrete paving machine runs back and forth across the newly poured concrete to finish the surface.
Over the weekend of May 9-12, westbound SR 520 was closed to allow crews to build the first section of roadway deck for the new SR 520 West Connection Bridge. Concrete is pumped from the existing bridge because, until it is completed, the new West Connection Bridge can only be accessed from the water.
The West Connection Bridge will connect the new floating bridge to the existing west approach. When the new West Approach Bridge North is completed, the West Connection Bridge will carry eastbound traffic.
Find out more about the new SR 520 on our website.
SR 520 Program Administrator Julie Meredith is the first to share the exciting news. The SR 520 floating bridge Grand Opening celebration will be held April 2 - 3, 2016.
For more information, visit www.520golong.com.
Two tugboats simultaneously push and guide the new SR 520 pontoon through the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks on June 7, 2013. The new pontoon will mark the west end of the new floating bridge on Lake Washington.
Port Moody, BC Canada
Belcarra Regional Park is a 1,100-hectare regional park located in metropolitan Vancouver. It is northeast of the meeting of Burrard Inlet with Indian Arm, beginning near Belcarra Bay and extending to Sasamat Lake.
Sasamat is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver, is located in Belcarra Regional Park, and is the home to Sasamat Outdoor Centre.
The park is northwest of the Village of Anmore and to the southwest of Buntzen Lake.
sasamat.org/Where_What_is_Belcarra_Regional_Park_.html
Sasamat Lake is located within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
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Crews inspect repairs and apply final waterproofing to Pontoon T.
You can also see the carbon-fiber wrap in this image. The dark gray area near the crewman's gloved hand is where the edge of the wrap covers the edge of the pontoon. The shiny area on the bottom of the pontoon is also where the carbon-fiber wrap has been applied.
Nov. 22, 2013 - WSDOT led media on a boat tour of the newly-arrived coffer cell on Lake Washington, as well as the SR 520 floating bridge construction area. The coffer cell was built to repair two pontoons for the new SR 520 floating bridge.
During the media boat tour on Nov. 22, 2013, tour participants could see a new longitudinal pontoon on Lake Washington. This pontoon has already had supplemental stability pontoons attached in preparation for assembly with other floating bridge components.
Throughout the summer construction crews have been working to build columns on Pontoon A that will support the west end of the new SR 520 floating bridge. Later this fall column work will be complete and Pontoon A will be moved to its permanent location in the west approach area in Seattle.
As crews prepared to block the drawspan in the existing SR 520 bridge by joining two more pontoons to the new SR 520 floating bridge, SR 520 Construction Manager Dave Becher answers questions from members of the media.
For more information regarding marine navigation changes on Lake Washington around SR 520, please visit the SR 520 drawspan information page page.
To form the roadway deck for the new SR 520 West Connection Bridge, one crew member guides the concrete pump while another operates a concrete vibrator to consolidate the concrete.
Over the weekend of May 9-12, westbound SR 520 was closed to allow crews to build the first section of roadway deck for the new SR 520 West Connection Bridge. Concrete is pumped from the existing bridge because, until it is completed, the new West Connection Bridge can only be accessed from the water.
The West Connection Bridge will connect the new floating bridge to the existing west approach. When the new West Approach Bridge North is completed, the West Connection Bridge will carry eastbound traffic.
Find out more about the new SR 520 on our website.
Near the Medina shoreline, the east highrise of the new SR 520 floating bridge begins to take shape. After crews joined Pontoon V to Pontoon W, they quickly got to work building new columns and crossbeams, then began installing concrete girders which will support the new roadway on the floating section of the bridge.
More information about the new SR 520 floating bridge is available on our website.
Port Moody, BC Canada
Belcarra Regional Park is a 1,100-hectare regional park located in metropolitan Vancouver. It is northeast of the meeting of Burrard Inlet with Indian Arm, beginning near Belcarra Bay and extending to Sasamat Lake.
Sasamat is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver, is located in Belcarra Regional Park, and is the home to Sasamat Outdoor Centre.
The park is northwest of the Village of Anmore and to the southwest of Buntzen Lake.
sasamat.org/Where_What_is_Belcarra_Regional_Park_.html
Sasamat Lake is located within Belcarra Regional Park in Port Moody, British Columbia. It is one of the warmest lakes in Greater Vancouver. At the south end of the lake there is a floating bridge, used for fishing or swimming. At the north end of the lake is White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
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Workers at Jesse Construction Co. in Tacoma, WA work to construct part of the massive coffer cell that will be used to complete complete repairs on the two remaining Cycle 1 pontoons.
When completed, the coffer cell will weigh over over 600 tons and stand more than 35 feet tall.
Sunset Lake Floating Bridge
Vermont Route 65 Brookfield, Vermont
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"The first bridge on this site was erected in 1820.[1] It was built this way because the lake is too deep for traditional pilings.
The seventh bridge was closed to traffic and torn down in 2008 for replacement due to failure of its floatation system, which was based on foam-filled barrels.[2]
The current bridge, the eighth at this location,[1] is supported by fiber-reinforced polymer pontoons."
Late this summer construction crews completed work on Pier 36 in Seattle. Pier 36 is the western landing for the new floating bridge.
After the concrete surface is finished, the concrete will take about 14 days to cure. While it’s curing, concrete must be kept wet. Here crews lay blankets that are being kept wet with misters. The blankets will stay in place as the concrete cures.
Over the weekend of May 9-12, westbound SR 520 was closed to allow crews to build the first section of roadway deck for the new SR 520 West Connection Bridge. Concrete is pumped from the existing bridge because, until it is completed, the new West Connection Bridge can only be accessed from the water.
The West Connection Bridge will connect the new floating bridge to the existing west approach. When the new West Approach Bridge North is completed, the West Connection Bridge will carry eastbound traffic.
Find out more about the new SR 520 on our website.
We fly over the Golden Horn now at very low altitude, a couple thousand feet I would think. You can see the remnants of the 4th Galata Bridge (The Floating Bridge).
The fourth Galata Bridge was built in 1912 by the German firm MAN AG for 350,000 gold liras. This floating bridge was 466 m long and 25 m wide. It is the bridge still familiar to many people today that was badly damaged in a fire in 1992 and towed up the Golden Horn to make way for the modern bridge now in use.
Crews wait on a derrick barge for Pontoon F(inal) as it arrives from Aberdeen, WA. These crews will remove the ocean tow gear as they prepare the pontoon for a quick trip through the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks as it makes its way to its final destination on Lake Washington.
Build your own Pontoon F by visiting our website.
Crews pour concrete to form the north side of the east high-rise roadway deck on the new SR 520 floating bridge. Once complete, drivers and transit riders will use this roadway to travel westbound from the Eastside to Seattle.
Visit the SR 520 pontoon tracking and bridge assembly page for the latest updates on bridge construction progress.
As the new SR 520 floating bridge continues to take shape, crews work to build 772 columns and install 331 girders to form the superstructure of the new bridge. Once complete, the superstructure will support the new roadway.
Visit the SR 520 pontoon tracking and bridge assembly page for the latest updates bridge construction progress.
Through dense afternoon fog Pontoon R makes its way through the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard on its way to Lake Washington.
Two tugboats are used to maneuver the large pontoon within the lock. The Mudcat, seen in the foreground, is being used to adjust the pontoons alignment within the lock; while the Terilyn, seen behind the pontoon, is pushing the pontoon into the lock.
As part of the balanced cantilever construction on the south column of Pier 2 crews are pouring concrete that will help support the new roadway. This crew is inside the formwork that allows the balanced cantilever construction.
Looking northeast from the current SR 520 bridge we can see work continuing within the Pier 1 cofferdam as the south and north columns begin to take shape. On shore in Medina we can see the north and south columns of Pier 2.
The blue waters of Lake Washington are teeming with activity as the new SR 520 floating bridge takes shape. Looking east toward Medina, longitudinal pontoons T, U, and V have been joined together with the eastern-most cross pontoon (Pontoon W) along the north side of the existing floating bridge. Just north of the joined pontoons, crews work to join supplemental stability pontoons to pontoons Q and R.
More information about the new SR 520 floating bridge is available on our website.
Under cloudy skies Pontoon Q was guided through the Ship Canal near Fremont as it makes its way toward Lake Washington.
Pontoon Q is one of the four longitudinal pontoons constructed in the second cycle of pontoons in Aberdeen.
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... they found some moss, leaves, dried pine tree resin, interesting stones, and had a few adventures along the way. Fun to be a kid.
The Fremont Bridge is one of the lowest bridges in the state. The bridge has a clearance of only 30 feet, making the tugboats pushing Pontoon Q too tall to fit safely beneath.
Also playing it safe was this kayaker who kept his distance from the 11,100 tons pontoon passing through.
With the last form removed the north column is ready for the next phase of construction.
Pier 2 is a land-based pier in Medina.
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This is one of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).
This pontoon bridge is over the Ganges (Ganga) river. Those floating bridges are built on top of large empty metal tanks, and are anchored to the river bottom with ropes on the upstream side of the bridge. Those bridges can support trucks up to 10 Tons, but to be safe, the maximum weight was set to 5 Tons. Those bridges are mostly used for pedestrian traffic. During high affluence periods when large crowds are crossing the floating bridges, bridges are one-way, with alternating direction for each other bridge. This rule was taken after a stampede in a previous year caused the bridge railing to fail and many people to fall in the river and drawn (most of the Hindu pilgrims cannot swim!).
The water was very low in the Ganges river at the time, so in fact this bridge was not floating, but just sitting on the sandy bottom of the shallow river.
Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.
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