Date:  Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Contact: Joe Irwin, Hood Canal Bridge Communications 253-305-6412 
              Theresa Gren, Hood Canal Bridge Communications 253-305-6428

SHINE – Drivers can expect delays up to 10 minutes on the Hood Canal Bridge between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday, February 4 as surveyors from Kiewit-General (K-G) install brass monuments at each end of the bridge.

The monuments, 3-inch hubs bearing a Washington State Department of Transportation stamp, number and a center point for surveying reference, will be used by K-G and WSDOT to align the new transitions spans, roadway, girders and pontoons when they are installed in May-June 2009.

The survey work is being done in conjunction with the ongoing Hood Canal Bridge retrofit and replacement project which will improve the existing structure, making it safer and more reliable. The bridge will close for six weeks during May-June 2009 to allow WSDOT and K-G to remove and replace its eastern half. For more information, visit http://www.hoodcanalbridge.com/.

Drivers can call 5-1-1 or visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/ for road and traffic updates and www.wsdot.wa.gov/regions/olympic/construction to learn more about weekly construction and maintenance activities.

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