Date:  Friday, March 27, 2009

Contact: Dustin Terpening, WSDOT Communications, 360-757-5997 (Burlington)
Janice Marlega, Project Engineer, 360-757-5856 (Burlington)

***Updated Monday, March 30***

BURLINGTON – Crews will reopen the rebuilt State Route 11 Chuckanut Drive overpass on schedule in Burlington at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 30. 

The overpass has been closed since Jan. 26, 2009, for demolition and reconstruction. It was severely damaged in July 2008 when it was hit by a truck towing an excavator on northbound Interstate 5.

Crews rebuilt the eastern portion of the overpass with stronger, wider concrete girders, increasing the height clearance over northbound I-5 by 6 inches – the clearance is now 15 feet 9 inches.

The street-legal height for vehicles is 14 feet. Anything taller than that requires a permit.

Taxpayers will not have to bear the burden of the cost of this $1 million project. The responsible party’s insurance company will pay for the damage and repairs.

Pictures and videos of the damage, demolition and construction are available on the WSDOT Flickr account:
Damage - www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157606094350288/  
Demolition - www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157613079963114/  
Building - www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157613624894603/  

For more details about the $1 million project, visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/SR11ChuckanutBridgeRepair/.

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