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East Link rail project

Seattle-Area Rail Crosses Freeways, Floating Bridges

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
May 19, 2020
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Complex contracts and multiple project delivery methods drive Sound Transit's East Link rail project, which runs through tunnels and over freeways


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Crews Installing First-Ever Light Rail Track On a Floating Bridge

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
August 8, 2019
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The Sound Transit project requires unique solutions and special materials.


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I90Float

Sound Transit Installing Light Rail Track on Floating Bridge

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
July 29, 2019
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Sound Transit's Blue Line trains won't travel across Interstate 90 from Seattle to Bellevue until 2023, but the effort to engineer how light rail will make the trip across a floating bridge — for the first time ever, anywhere — has been ongoing for years.
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‘Rest of the West’ Projects Will Strengthen Connection Between New Floating Bridge and I-5

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
October 8, 2018
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The first of the four final projects to complete the SR 520 reconstruction in Seattle will resume in 2019.


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Global Infrastructure

The 10 Longest Floating Bridges in the World

A survey of pontoon bridges that push the limits of the technology
Scott lewis
Scott Lewis
February 20, 2018
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Permanent floating bridges are essentially boutique structures that only make sense for certain rare kinds of sites: unusually deep bodies of water and/or bodies of water with very soft bottoms, where piers are impractical.


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ENR's 2017 Top 25 Newsmakers

Found Solution for Using Fixed Rail on Floating Bridges

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
January 17, 2018
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Transitioning rail to a floating bridge that is constantly bobbing and swaying at the whims of the water required a first-ever solution for Sound Transit.


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Curved elements

Curved-Element Design Allows Rail on Floating Bridge

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
December 6, 2017
One Comment

Seattle’s Sound Transit had a challenging problem: how to get a new light-rail line on and off a nearly 1-mile-long Interstate 90 floating bridge while protecting the rails from the constant movement of the water. 


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SR520

World’s Longest Floating Bridge Earns Award on First Birthday

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
May 1, 2017
One Comment
With the moniker of world’s longest floating bridge hovering around nearly every word written and spoken about the new State Route 520 bridge in Seattle, bridge owner Washington State Dept of Transportation has grown accustomed to the superlatives used when describing its now 1-year-old construction project.
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Crews detension

Devised Solution to Safely Demolish Floating Bridge

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
January 18, 2017
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Design engineer gets technical with post-tensioning during demolition of a floating bridge in Seattle.


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State Route 520 bridge

Removing Floating Bridge Sparks Creative Solutions

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
August 10, 2016
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The construction team relied heavily on planning and testing before beginning to remove the old State Route 520 floating bridge in Seattle.
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