Interesting, the details of stabilizing the West Seattle bridge, first phase finished. (inspections)

[homesinseattle]

The West Seattle Bridge was stabilized in 2020 through the emergency efforts of an expert team and these engineering solutions.

Crews have spent the past 8 months working on or inside the bridge nearly every day to complete Phase I stabilization – a critical milestone that sets the stage for upcoming rehabilitation (Phase II) of the bridge.
You can see some of these stabilization elements from the ground, like the carbon-fiber wrapping.
Some elements are inside the bridge. You’re probably most familiar with the post-tensioning strands, and maybe you saw them in our bridge tour.
You might also remember that we helped the bridge find some major stress relief back in November with the Pier 18 bearing release and replacement.
Finally, we installed a new intelligent monitoring system to track crack progression and have been performing regular ‘arm’s length’ inspections throughout this stabilization process.
Even though you might not see it from the outside, we are already working efficiently to plan and complete Phase II of our repairs so the bridge can reopen in 2022.

Department of Transportation info here: https://sdotblog.seattle.gov/2021/01...ing-solutions/

[rjshae]

We sure seem to have a lot of issues with bridges around here.

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by rjshae

We sure seem to have a lot of issues with bridges around here.

True, there is still no concrete plan to replace the Magnolia bridge, if you ever go under it and see from below the band-aids holding it together you would prefer going down to Dravis.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Originally Posted by Hemlock140

True, there is still no concrete plan to replace the Magnolia bridge, if you ever go under it and see from below the band-aids holding it together you would prefer going down to Dravis.

Wow, jeez. Maybe I will from now on.