King County To Announce Milestone On Replacing South Park Bridge Friday

Aerial view of the South Park Bridge courtesy King County.

Federal, state, and King County officials will meet Friday morning at 10:30am next to the crumbling South Park Bridge to mark the final step in the pre-construction planning to replace the 78-year-old span over the Duwamish River.

In September, King County submitted an application for a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The county and its project partners are requesting $99 million toward the replacement cost of the bridge. The grants will be awarded early next year.

According to a press release:

“…representatives from King County, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Washington State Department of Transportation will sign off on the final environmental review and talk about what’s next for the project.”

Right there next to the bridge.

Rain or shine.

Supposedly.

Here are the details if you want to go monitor ‘em:

WHAT: A bunch of officials doing a photo op next to the South Park Bridge

WHEN: Friday, Dec. 18th at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: Southwest side of the South Park Bridge, 14th Avenue South & South Orr Street, Seattle