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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 25, 2018
Floating Crane Stars in Seattle's $350M Coleman Dock Project
The largest floating crane in western North America is now on site in Seattle, ready for its role in the rebuild of the Colman Dock facility, Washington State Ferries' largest ferry terminal. The Pacific Lifter is an American Hoist and Derrick 509 revolver....
Washington State Department of Transportation - Tue July 31, 2018
Bridge Strike Restricts Danekas Road Bridge to One Lane
Drivers of heavy vehicles who use the Danekas Road bridge to cross over Interstate 90 east of Ritzville will need to find an alternate route. Washington State Department of Transportation engineers reduced the bridge to one lane following damage from a bridge strike on July 10....
AASHTO Journal - Tue July 31, 2018
Drone Workshop Fosters Discussion of Possibilities
The aviation division of the Washington State Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience (CRDR) and the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, helped sponsor a "drone workshop" on June 28 that brought together 150 participants from the public and private sectors to discuss the commercial possibilities "unmanned aerial systems" or UASs for work such as post-natural disaster inspections of critical infrastructure....
Washington State Department of Transportation - Tue July 31, 2018
WSDOT Update: SR 99 Tunnel Systems Testing Continues
Getting the tunnel ready for drivers is a big task. Contractor Seattle Tunnel Partners must install and test thousands of components and 90 interconnected systems that are needed to safely operate the SR 99 tunnel....
WSDOT - Tue June 05, 2018
WSDOT Selects Kiewit to Tear Down Alaskan Way Viaduct
The demolition of Seattle's aging Alaskan Way Viaduct is finally in view. On May 16, the Washington State Department of Transportation selected Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. to demolish the viaduct, decommission the Battery Street Tunnel and reconnect city surface streets just north of the nearly complete State Route 99 tunnel....
Tue May 08, 2018
WSDOT Celebrates New Region HQ
Local residents joined Wenatchee Mayor Frank Kuntz for a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Washington State Department of Transportation on April 23. The event, was to commemorate the opening of a new North Central Region headquarters at WSDOT's Olds Station campus in north Wenatchee....
Tue May 08, 2018
April Showers Bring May Flowers — Changes to Tacoma's I-5
Traffic in all lanes of Interstate 5 in Tacoma will soon shift as work continues on high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane projects. Southbound I-5 drivers have been relocated onto a temporary alignment as part of ongoing work by the Washington State Department of Transportation....
Tue April 10, 2018
WSDOT Relocates Osprey Nest Before Bridge Preservation Work Begins
The Washington State Department of Transportation is preparing to launch a preservation project to give longer life to a steel truss bridge on State Route 409 that was built in 1938 and now suffers paint flaking and deterioration to the timber bridge deck beneath the roadway pavement....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 10, 2018
Major Construction Projects on Horizon for Pacific Northwest
As temperatures warm and days grow drier, state and local agencies are gearing up for construction projects all over the Pacific Northwest — some still in the planning stages, others, phases in ongoing plans....
Tue March 13, 2018
WSDOT Technology Offers Truck Drivers Way to Save Time, Money
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) said commercial truck drivers now have another option for bypassing state weigh stations — by opting into a technology that saves time and money....
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