Join us for tomorrow’s Yesler Bridge Rehabilitation Open House:
Where: Yesler Community Center, 917 E Yesler Way
When: Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
- View the bridge design
- Learn more about anticipated construction impacts and detour routes
- Talk to project staff and designers
The bridge is located at the intersection of Yesler Way and Terrace St over 4th Ave S, a few blocks north of King Street Station.
The Yesler Way Bridge is vital in connecting residents, commuters, workers and businesses in the surrounding area and neighborhoods. In addition to being a major connector, the bridge displays unique and historic design elements which include decorative pedestrian railings, ornamental capitals, casings, and corbels on the exterior “fascia” girders.
Improvements to the bridge include:
- Remove interior steel columns to form a single span superstructure
- Rehabilitate east abutment wall and replace west abutment wall
- Reconstruct the northwest staircase
- Rehabilitate and preserve the key historic features of the bridge, which include:
- North and south fascia girders, columns, cladding, capitals and corbels
- North and south pedestrian railings
- Decorative lighting on north fascia girder
- Improve intersection design to reduce crosswalk distance, accommodate ADA and increase user safety
- Provide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant curb ramps at crosswalk locations within the project area, where feasible
We hope to see you at our open house tomorrow from4:00-7:00 p.m.
For more information on the Yesler Bridge Rehabilitation Project, visit the project’s website.
If you have questions or comments about the Yesler Bridge Rehabilitation Project, please contact us at: YeslerBridge@seattle.gov or 206-684-8684