A look inside the 520 Bridge (photos)

By on August 25, 2010 in Featured Slideshow, Headlines

This past weekend the 520 Bridge was closed to traffic and some friends of ours had an opportunity to tour the bridge on Saturday, August 21st. We are pleased to be able share some photos with you which were taken that day.

Thank you to Glenn Peterson and Ken Reppart.

All photos by Ken Reppart. Many more photos of the 520 Bridge are posted on Ken’s Flickr page.

The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, now officially the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge—Evergreen Point, is the longest floating bridge on Earth at 7,500 feet (2,300 m).[2] It carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington from Seattle to Medina and is often called the “520 bridge” by locals.[1]

The Evergreen Point of the bridge’s original name is the westernmost of the three small Eastside peninsulas that SR-520 crosses. (The other two are Hunts Point and Yarrow Point.) In 1988, it was renamed for Governor Rosellini, who had advocated its construction.[3]

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  • Debra

    Very cool to see. I didn’t realize the bridge was the longest floating bridge in the world.

  • http://kirklandviews.com Rob Butcher

    “In 1988, it was renamed for Governor Rosellini, who had advocated its construction.”

    I hope this doesn’t foretell the naming of the replacement 520 bridge soon to be built along side. I hope it will not be named the Christine O’Grady “Chris” Gregoire Bridge!

    To my ear, that just doesn’t sound right. I think that Controversial, Very Expensive, Long-Delayed Floating Toll Bridge is a more appropriate name. Or maybe just call it the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge.

  • http://twitter.com/poselander Per-Ola Selander

    Yeah, lets just get back to calling it the “Evergreen Point Floating Bridge”. Simple, location based name.

    All that said, I do approve of Gov. Gregoire for pushing its design/development, even though I might not sagree with all the final details. WSDOT has had to fight a stiff battle to get this far, and who knows what still can happen before we start construction “for real”…