Former inspector: New 520 Bridge 'a disaster waiting to happen' By BY TRACY VEDDER , KOMONEWS.COM Nov 20, 2012 Stunning new allegations have surfaced about the construction of the 520 Floating Bridge.

Drivers in Seattle and on Lake Washington’s Eastside might find it hard to believe that it’s already been a year since the new SR 520 floating bridge opened to traffic.

SEATTLE -- After nearly 53 years of moving cars and trucks between Seattle and the eastside, the original State Route 520 floating bridge is now closed for good. The last few drivers made the ...

The new 520 Bridge -- the longest floating bridge in the world -- opened to feet, not cars, Saturday. Seattle Post-Intelligencer Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to main content ...

The state Department of Transportation’s Highway 520 Bridge Project Team will hold two open houses this week — the first one today — to review two bridge-replacement alternatives, newly ...

The toll station was ready at Washington’s Hood Canal floating bridge, but the bridge wasn’t there back in July 1960 in our Seattle Times vintage travel photo. Skip to content.

SEATTLE — The state Transportation Department says more repairs are needed on a key pontoon that will anchor the east end of the new Highway 520 floating bridge on Lake Washington in Seattle.

Flickr Photo/WSDOT August 28, 1963 was a momentous day in American history, and it was also a pretty big day in Seattle. At the ... when the first floating bridge opened south of downtown.

On September 12, 1993, the rebuilt Lacey V. Murrow Bridge was reopened over Lake Washington in Seattle. The bridge was renowned as being a floating bridge, meaning that it was constructed in such ...

Both directions of the SR 520 floating bridge over Lake Washington will be closed this weekend as crews continue work on the SR 520 Montlake Project.

Construction has begun on a light rail on a floating bridge in Seattle, Washington. Set to be complete by 2023, it will likely become the first floating light rail line in the world. It's part of ...