{"id":46652,"date":"2024-06-04T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rentonnews.us\/news\/lind-avenue-overpass-bridge-re-opens-after-two-years\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:30:00","slug":"lind-avenue-overpass-bridge-re-opens-after-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/news\/lind-avenue-overpass-bridge-re-opens-after-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Lind Avenue overpass bridge re-opens after two years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly two years after getting struck by a truck pulling a backhoe, the Lind Avenue Southwest bridge over southbound I-405 is now open to drivers and pedestrians.<\/p>\n

Announced May 30, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) said that the re-opening of the overpass bridge restored “a vital connection” within the City of Renton.<\/p>\n

Renton Fire Department’s Station 14 fire station is located near the overpass bridge and the department took to social media<\/a> to celebrate the re-opening, saying that the bridge being open will “greatly improve responses when seconds matter.”<\/p>\n

On June 13, 2022, the collision caused by the “too tall” towed backhoe damaged five girders that supported the high-traffic four-lane bridge, compromising the structure. According to WSDOT, the level and location of the damage made replacing the girders difficult, and that the integrity of the structure was undermined.<\/p>\n

Construction began in the summer of 2023, when contractor crews replaced the severely-damaged northern span of the bridge. In November, southbound I-405 was closed down for demolition.<\/p>\n

Federal and state emergency funds were dedicated to the project, totaling $5.8 million. When construction began, the emergency funding was at $1.6 million and was expected to need more funding.<\/p>\n

According to WSDOT, over 16,000 vehicles traveled across the bridge on any given day, with 139,000 vehicles traveling on I-405 each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Construction began in late 2023 after a truck hauling a backhoe struck the overpass while driving southbound I-405 in June 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":46653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46652"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=46652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}