Date:  Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Contact: Dustin Terpening, WSDOT Communications, 360-757-5997

Bridge demolition completed in one night

BURLINGTON – Crews finished demolishing the east span of the SR 11/Chuckanut Drive overpass in Burlington and will reopen one lane of northbound I-5 to drivers on time at 5 a.m. Both lanes will be open by 7 a.m.

Pictures and videos of the demolition are available on our Flickr picture account - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157613079963114/.  

The second night of closures for demolition has been canceled because crews finished in one night.

Northbound I-5 was closed and drivers were detoured off the interstate from 11 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday during demolition.

The overpass will remain closed for up to two months while crews replace the east span, which was damaged in July 2008 when a truck towing construction equipment hit it.

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