Date:  Monday, March 03, 2008

Contact: IJ08-26
Contact: Joe Irwin, Hood Canal Bridge Communications, 253-305-6412
Theresa Gren, Hood Canal Bridge Communications, 253-305-6428

Washington State Department of Transportation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2008

JEFFERSON COUNTY – Drivers traveling across the Hood Canal Bridge this month may notice WSDOT activity along the bridge’s northwest shoulder.

From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 3-14, work will continue as WSDOT installs an access route that will allow crews to reach the bridge’s piers. Drivers can expect to see traffic cones and flags along the shoulder but will not experience delays. The west-side vehicle pullout adjacent to the west bridge approach will remain closed to public access. Pedestrian traffic is prohibited on the bridge, and bicyclists are reminded to use extreme caution.

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

Drivers can tune their radios to 530 AM for daily construction activity updates via the WSDOT Highway Advisory Radio system or 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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