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Steve Crown, Microsoft Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, makes remarks about the SR 520 Grand Opening Celebration during a public announcement on the new floating bridge.
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Maintenance crews worked across the SR 520 floating bridge to keep the bridge in safe working order.
The new SR 520 floating bridge takes shape just north of the existing bridge on Lake Washington. Once complete, the new floating bridge will add a transit/HOV lane in each direction, wider and safer shoulders, and a new 14-foot wide bike/pedestrian path on the north side of the bridge.
Visit the SR 520 pontoon tracking and bridge assembly page for the latest updates on bridge construction progress.
Early in the morning on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, crews prepared to lower Pontoon T and the drydock into the Columbia River.
The former chain ferry from Cowes now appears to be laid up at Gosport with a foot ferry currently operating in Cowes until a replacement car ferry is delivered in 2018.
Since May 2013, construction crews have been busy building the third cycle of pontoons in Aberdeen. In this cycle, crews are building four longitudinal pontoons and two supplemental stability pontoons. Photo courtesy of Soundview Aerial Photography.
Go Long banner developed by WSDOT graphic designer to showcase the public celebration held on April 2-3, 2016 on Lake Washington.
The first three girders for this section of the transition span are lowered into place by the derrick crane, bridging the gap between the Pontoon W of the floating bridge and the stationary bridge at Pier 1 in Medina.
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.
Tugboat Big Eagle is fit for the job as it guides even bigger Pontoon B through the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks for a picture perfect arrival into Seattle. After a four day journey from Aberdeen, Wash., Pontoon B was the 48th pontoon to arrive on Lake Washington, out of a total of 77 pontoons needed to construct the new SR 520 floating bridge.
Visit the SR 520 pontoon tracker page for the latest updates on pontoon movements.
The Queen Emma Bridge is a moving bridge across St. Anna Bay in Willemstad connecting the Punda and Otrobanda districts. The pontoon bridge swings open to let ships go in and out of the harbour. When it opens pedestrians are transported free of charge by a small ferry. / Le Queen Emma Bridge est un pont mobile qui traverse la baie de St. Anna à Willemstad reliant les quartiers de Punda et Otrobanda. Le pont ponton s'ouvre pour laisser les navires entrer et sortir du port de la ville. Quand il ouvre, les piétons peuvent être transportés gratuitement par un petit traversier.
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From the Eastbank Esplanade Floating Footbridge, a view of the Burnside Bridge spanning the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon.
The Eastbank Esplanade (officially Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade) is a pedestrian and bicycle path along the east shore of the Willamette River in the Kerns, Buckman, and Hosford-Abernethy neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon. It was conceived as an urban renewal project to rebuild the Interstate 5 bicycle bypass washed out by the Willamette Valley Flood of 1996. It was renamed for former Portland mayor Vera Katz in November 2004.
The project was designed by landscape architects Mayer/Reed. The total cost of the project was $30 million, of which $10 million was spent to build a lower deck on the Steel Bridge. Construction began in October of 1998 and the walkway was dedicated on May 25, 2001.
It extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Steel Bridge to the Hawthorne Bridge. The esplanade contains a 1,200 ft (366 m) long floating walkway, the longest in the United States. Connected to this is a 120 ft (37 m) long public dock. There are also 13 markers that correspond to the eastside street grid. (Wikipedia)
The Burnside Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The original Burnside Bridge was a swing span bridge that opened in 1894. The replacement was part of a $4.5 million bond that also included the construction of the Ross Island and Sellwood bridges. The public would later learn that the contract was given for $500,000 more than the lowest bid. Three Multnomah County commissioners were recalled as a result of the scandal, and a new engineering company assumed control of the project.
The bridge opened on May 28, 1926 at a final cost of $4.5 million (including approaches). It is the only Willamette River bridge in Portland that was designed with input from an architect. This led to the Italian Renaissance towers and decorative metal railings. The bascule system was designed by Joseph Strauss and the principal engineer for the bridge construction was Gustav Lindenthal. (Wikipedia)
View from Raushskaya embankment of Moskva-Reka (Moscow River) on the Park Zaryadye with floating bridge and pier at Moskvoretskaya embankment. People enjoy the nice warm weather and take photos on the walking bridge.
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Photo #123 taken on April 29, 2018
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Port Moody, BC Canada
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. Seasonal transit service is provided by TransLink to White Pine Beach.
(Wikipedia)
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After an overnight journey from Tacoma, Wash. Pontoon QNW travels through the Ship Canal in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. Not too far behind, Pontoon BNW is also headed to Lake Washington. Pontoon QNW was the 37th pontoon to arrive on Lake Washington, out of a total of 77 pontoons needed to construct the new SR 520 floating bridge. Build your own Pontoon QNW by visiting our website.
Within the 4-acre casting basin in Aberdeen, tug boats navigated through the six pontoons that make up Cycle 2. One by one, the pontoons were towed from the casting basin into Grays Harbor. Photo taken just before midnight, April 28, 2013
Progress continues on the SR 520 Pontoon Construction Project, as the second cycle of new pontoons left the Aberdeen casting basin overnight April 28 and 29, 2013. The late-night timing coincided with the favorable high tide needed for float-out.
In the second cycle, crews built three longitudinal pontoons, two supplemental stability pontoons and one cross pontoon. The 360-foot-long longitudinal pontoons are the backbone of the new SR 520 floating bridge being built on Lake Washington; the supplemental pontoons provide stability and flotation, and the cross pontoons cap the bridge on the east and west ends. Crews will build a total of six cycles of new pontoons in Aberdeen.
In mid-April, crews moved Pontoon A to its final location on the west side of Lake Washington, near Madison Park in Seattle. The 240-foot-long, 10,000-ton pontoon will be the new floating bridge’s western-most pontoon. Build your own Pontoon A by visiting our website.
A close up view of the "form travelers" that will be used for balanced cantilever construction work. Form travelers (the blue structures pictured above) enable crews to cast concrete bridge sections high above the ground. Learn more about balanced cantilever construction in our construction update newsletter.
Seen from Shell Bay, the chain ferry from Sandbanks is chugging its way acrosss Poole Harbour with a Go South Coast open-topper on board. The operator is the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Company, this floating bridge being the company's fourth. It was built at Hessle in 1994.
The final pontoon needed for the new SR 520 floating bridge passes by Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood after a four day journey from Aberdeen, WA to Lake Washington. Build your own Pontoon F by visiting our website.
More information about the new SR 520 floating bridge is available on our website.
Along the shores of Grays Harbor, the casting basin in Aberdeen is busy with construction workers building the third cycle of pontoons. Once complete, these pontoons will make the journey to Lake Washington where they will form the foundation of the new SR 520 floating bridge. Photo courtesy of Soundview Aerial Photography.
Construction crews are underway on the third cycle of SR 520 bridge pontoons in Aberdeen. In this cycle, crews will build six total pontoons:
• Four longitudinal pontoons (360 ft. x 75 ft. x 29 ft.)
• Two supplemental stability pontoons (98 ft. x 60 ft. x 28 ft.)
Near midspan of the existing bridge, crews install falsework in preparation for the installation of low-rise roadway deck sections on the new SR 520 floating bridge. Falsework is used to temporarily support deck sections in place while crews complete final installation steps after the sections have been set in place.
Visit the SR 520 pontoon tracking and bridge assembly page for the latest updates on bridge construction progress.
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Hindu devotees are taking the ritual bath in the Ganges river, while a large crowd takes part in a procession with the all the Ashram Gurus on decorated floats, on the pontoon bridge, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).
Looks amazing when viewed in high-resolution.
This was the Kumbh Maha Snan or main bathing day, also called Mauni Amavasya, which is the the most auspicious day for taking the holy bath in the Ganges river.
This bridge is one of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela.
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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Evening view from Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge on the recently renovated and professionally illuminated with new powerful spotlights in white and green colors Stalinist high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya embankment in autumn season when it was getting dark. The new passenger pier of Zaryadye park for river boats floating Moskva-River with hovering walking bridge above can be seen at the left on the picture.
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Photo #062 taken on September 23, 2017
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A scan of a not very clear print but the Floating Bridge near the end of its days in service.Taken from the Woolston side in about 1977.
A television camera crew came to the locks to get footage of the project milestone on May 15, 2013. In all, the process to navigate the pontoon through the locks took about an hour.
Nearly 30 feet above the base of the drydock, pontoon repair crews work near the end wall of longitudinal Pontoon T. This photo was taken in Portland, Oregon, where an available drydock that could accommodate a pontoon of this size was located.
A derrick barge carefully lowers two joined girders between Pontoon A and Pier 36.
Crews set the first two joined western transition girders on the new SR 520 floating bridge. When finished, a total of twelve girders will connect the new SR 520 floating bridge with the fixed bridge in Seattle.
Each girder is 150 feet long, connecting between columns to create the foundation for the future roadway deck.
It took several crew members to carefully navigate the 11,000 ton concrete bridge pontoon through the locks on May 15, 2013. Once assembled, this pontoon will be part of the floating foundation for the new SR 520 bridge.
Portland, Oregon - After raising the 360-foot-long longitudinal Pontoon T into the drydock, crews began repairing the keel slab. Photo taken July 11, 2013.
Shortly after sunset, Pontoon NSW travels through the Montlake Cut and enters Lake Washington. Built in Tacoma, Pontoon NSW was the 44th pontoon to arrive on Lake Washington, out of a total of 77 pontoons needed to construct the new SR 520 floating bridge. Build your own Pontoon NSW by visiting our website.
Quigg Brothers Construction crews place concrete and use a pencil vibrator to remove air and consolidate the mix during the pour Jan. 22, 2010, at WSDOT's Advanced Construction Methods and Engineering site in Satsop, Wash. The test floating bridge pontoon provides WSDOT with new construction methods that can be used when constructing the new SR 520 floating bridge pontoons in Grays Harbor County. The new pontoons will be used to replace the SR 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington. The test pontoon section is 120 feet long, 38 feet wide and 28.5 feet tall, roughly one-sixth the size of the largest of the final pontoons WSDOT will build for a new SR 520 floating bridge. A new bridge is scheduled to open to traffic in 2014.
At the Seattle end of the new floating bridge (west approach), construction continues on Pier 36. Crews constructed forms and placed rebar in preparation for pouring these concrete columns.
Pier 36 is the westernmost bridge pier for the new floating bridge.
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.
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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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Pontoon PSW floating in through the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks early Wednesday evening. Pontoon PSW is one of 54 supplemental stability pontoons that will help support the new SR 520 floating bridge.
The last anchor for the new floating bridge has just disappeared into Lake Washington.
Each anchor is precisely located at specific GPS coordinates to ensure they will secure the new bridge in the event of windstorms.
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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One of the main work activities during the April 8 - 11 closure of SR 520 is paving. Multiple machines run at once to make sure that the work stays on schedule, so that the highway can reopen on time.
The transit station at Evergreen Point Road will be closed until April 25. This shows where crews are currently adjusting the alignment where busses will enter the transit station under the lid.
Work continues at Pier 1 in Medina as crews complete the pier table on the south column and prepare to construct the pier table on the north column. Once complete, these pier tables will support roadway as it transitions from a fixed, land-based bridge to the floating bridge.
Tugboat West Point positions itself in the basin to begin towing out the final pontoon to float out from Aberdeen, Pontoon H. The final pontoon floated out of the basin around 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10.
WSDOT and contractor Kiewit-General marked a major milestone in Aberdeen on March 9, 2015, as crews prepared to float out the final three pontoons for the new SR 520 floating bridge. Several elected officials, community members, and even the Aberdeen High School marching band participated in the event at the casting basin facility. These three pontoons represent the last of the 77 pontoons needed for the new floating bridge, and mark the completion of all six cycles built in Aberdeen. Next, the three pontoons will be inspected and then towed to Lake Washington where they will be joined together to form the foundation of the new floating bridge. The new bridge is scheduled to open in spring 2016.