Construction Begins on the Detour

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American Construction set up their construction trailers on the mainland on September 29th, 2011, and started building the detour on that end of the bridge.

The purpose for building the detour is to allow continued access to Treasure Island while the west abutment is being built. The detour will prevent an excessively long bridge closure. (Up to a 30-day closure was discussed.)

The detour was started first because the steel piles for our bridge were late in arriving from the overseas manufacturer in China. Some of the shorter piles arrived on time, but not enough to bring the barge up and start driving piles in earnest.

Detour structure

Another view of the detour structure

On October 19th the bridge was closed from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm to allow Public Utilities District #3 to relocate their power lines for the detour. Island residents also experienced a short power outage.

Utilities (Century Link, PUD, and WaveCable) relocated for the detour

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