Construction crews opened the new bridge that carries southbound Interstate 5 over the Puyallup River on Friday morning, completing one of the final milestones in the reconstruction of the freeway through the Tacoma area.
“Drivers are going to immediately notice they are no longer sharing a bridge with the northbound traffic,” Tom Slimak, Fife project engineer for the state Department of Transportation, said in a news release. “We are excited to be opening lanes and providing some relief for commuters.”
“The new lane gives drivers more time and space to merge in and out of traffic. The original bridge, built in 1962, did not have an auxiliary lane between these two ramps,” according to the WSDOT news release. “The new lane gives drivers more time and space to merge in and out of traffic. The original bridge, built in 1962, did not have an auxiliary lane between these two ramps.”“Crews need this lane as a work zone to finish the new East L Street bridge over I-5,” WSDOT reported.
The opening of the new bridge will necessitate changes on the bridge carrying northbound I-5 over the river, which has been sharing both directions of travel.
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