Starting the middle of next month, the Washington State Department of Transportation will begin the latest and possibly the last round of seismic upgrades to the Aurora Bridge.
Photo from the WSDOT
During the project, workers will be removing old chipped concrete and adding steel to the bridge to make it more structurally sound to withstand earthquakes.
Most of the activity will be during the day underneath the bridge on Troll Avenue between 36th Street and Lake Union. Workers will close one block at a time and fence off some parking so pedestrians and cars don’t get hit by construction debris. Other than the localized traffic and parking issues there shouldn’t be any significant impacts.
This $5.7 million project is funded by the 2005 gas tax.
