West Seattle’s forced exile ended eight months ago when the high bridge opened after emergency repairs. Has traffic returned to normal, and how is the bridge holding up?
I caught up with Kit Loo of SDOT this week. He’s the interim division director of roadway structures for the city. Eight months after the reopening, the bridge is doing great.
SDOT started with monthly inspections inside the bridge and then moved to quarterly inspections because nothing looks out of line. Engineers are also monitoring all the sensors put inside the bridge daily. Engineers also check the new anchor points for all the steel cables used to strengthen the span. The bridge is doing well enough that SDOT has moved to six-month physical inspection cycles and hopes to return to the standard two-year cycle soon.Loo said the first thing the engineers will check is the sensor. If it’s just one sensor, there could be a data issue. If it’s multiple, Loo said they have a plan put together.
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