I90 Bridge Sinks

[djjimi]

Collapse my ass. WSDOT sank it on purpose. I have proof.

[pisces377]

@djjimi Prove it!!

[BreakfastBentoBox]

@djjimi yup. cost savings. they said fuk the EIS, sink the muthafuker.

[eric1972sea]

@djjimi Prove it then!

[HoltCalifornia]

Why is there happy music in the beginning of an collapse?

[handsomerube]

@HoltCalifornia LOL...it's so ridiculous! like we're about to watch a huskies game or something...

[SeattleLA]

I sure remember this. Also, the absolutely harrowing experience using "reversible lanes" . How antiquated that was. Nice of our state to begin tolling 520 again...

[cameraboyqb8]

I remember loving the drive over the I-90 because of the Lane Control Signals. I thought they were gone in 1990 (I was a senior in high school--Garfield), but it looks like they were still there. I couldn't believe my eyes, either. It made me think about the Hood Canal Bridge, which happened the year the Sonics won the NBA championship (I was in kindergarten).

[SteveCarras]

That's sad. This was tyhe origi9nal Seattle Floating Bridge. Was down before the only [so far] time that I've visited Seattle, in 1998 [I live in Southern California, just goes to show you how far people come to places frrom places.BTW Interewsting story, Long Beach had a pontoon bridge thru the late 1960s.]

[CarluvrSD]

The next day I drove over the new section of the bridge. I'd forgotten about the closure the day before till I rounded the last curve on Mercer Island. I could hardly believe my eyes.

Because the old bridge had cut the anchor cables on the new bridge, the new bridge was in danger of floating away. There were several tug boats tied to the south side of the bridge, puling backwards on it to keep it in place. The whole image and experience driving over the bridge in that state was surreal..

[sluttyseattlefaggot]

This brings back some good memories!

[bc14canada]

I would guess they would use a dive team and a lot of cable to salvage those trucks. I'm just guessing, I own a crane company but i have never done water salvage.

[strykker68]

they already investigated and didn't find anything. There is 200'+ of mud at the bottom of the lake and also they suspect the bridge deck that did sink landed on top of most of the items that could be salvaged

[CyrusNixes]

Awesome video. I heard about this but didn't know it was so recent. I think Seattle storms are fascinating - I hope I get yo see one when I'm there this Christmas.

[choli0090]

This wasn't recent. This happened in 1990

[CyrusNixes]

Yeah, but I thought it had happened back in the 70's.

[SchaperNut]

The western half of the Hood Canal Bridge in Washington sunk during a Feb 13, 1979 windstorm.

[LizLovely217]

Whoa.. I had no idea there was a former separate I-90 bridge.

[choli0090]

The bridge that sank was the original bridge, & I believe they build the new bridge to replace or as "East only" & were going retro the old bridge for "West". They ended up rebuilding the side that sank.

[Hazafan88]

Did they ever retrieve those pieces that sank from the bottom of Lake Washington?

[Hazafan88]

520'll be next.

[Salalic]

There was a really good memorial video of this they played at the end of the newscast I cannot find anywhere..

[uzebdrumz]

The I90 Titantic...those were the days

[narbeg]

520 is next

[paulwall08]

yep. but not before the viaduct is annhilated by an earthquake.