By Marianne Lincoln Since January of this year, the Pierce Prairie Post has been writing stories about the bridges of Pierce County. In light of the Skagit County I5 bridge disaster, the News Tribune this week also published a story, “Pierce County has 28 bridges in need of work.” It has a map with locations. They…
Category: Bridges
Skagit bridge over I-5 collapsed
The story is in The News Tribune here http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/05/23/2609548/i-5-bridge-collapses-into-skagit.html#emlnl=_Breaking_News_Alert The story is also all over the evening news. Our aging bridges need more attention than we have been giving them. We could be creating jobs for the unemployed repairing these bridges and updating our infrastructure. That’s how our country got out of the Depression. What’s…
May 15 event to celebrate tunnel construction activities in Pierce County
Nearly 100 community and business leaders will gather May 15 at the FPS EnCon Precast plant in Frederickson to celebrate Pierce County’s job-creating connection to the state’s SR 99 tunnel project in Seattle. Approximately 1,450 precast concrete rings will line the tunnel, and all of those rings will be fabricated at the newly expanded plant…
McMillin Bridge considered for historic designation
PIERCE COUNTY — This is notice of the Rules and Operations Committee for Proposal No. 2013-18. An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Placing the McMillin Bridge, Located at the 13900 Block of State Route 162, Orting, Washington, on the Pierce County Register of Historic Places; and Adopting Findings of Fact. The Rules and Operations Committee…
The Milroy Bridge, trusses of steel from a different era
OPINION By Marianne Lincoln The George Milroy Bridge was constructed in 1931 across the Puyallup River between Tacoma and Puyallup. A plaque on the bridge tells a few details of its history. Built by the Kart Construction Company, the steel truss bridge has served the county for 82 years. Though small for a bridge in…
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