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One of the new expansion joints on I-5 in Marysville.
Crews chipped out 41 old expansion joints on the Union, Steamboat and Ebey slough bridges on I-5 in Marysville.
This expansion joint on the northbound Ebey Slough Bridge showed clear signs of damage and deterioration. The steel bars were broken in many places and there was dirt and debris in the expansion joint.
More breaks in the steel and a deteriorating rubber seal on this expansion joint was clearly evident on the northbound Ebey Slough Bridge.
Huge chunks of this expansion joint on the Steamboat Slough Bridge were completely missing.
Some of the steel was missing and chunks of concrete broke away next to this expansion joint on the southbound I-5 Union Slough Bridge.
Chunks of I-5 had crumbled next to this expansion joint on the northbound Ebey Slough Bridge.