Tonight contractor crews working for WSDOT replaced two 65-ton expansion joints on the I-90 floating bridge. This video is of the east expansion joint late Friday night/early Saturday morning. WSDOT Project Inspector Mike Coleman talks about what makes it so challenging.

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Watch for flying logs. Were not kidding: Flying logs. But before you start thinking that the heat has somehow addled our brains, let us explain what were doing with those logs.

Crews working to stabilize Warnick Bluff, http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Northw est/Baker/Construction/default .htm#SR542Warnick) near milepost 30 on Mount Baker Highway (SR 542) will use a helicopter Tuesday, July 7, to fly logs and other material up the Nooksack River to the project site. Crews are in the process of stabilizing the bluff, which helps support the highway, to prevent further erosion.

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Want to avoid sitting in traffic during the closure of westbound I-90 across the floating bridge in July? WSDOT has some suggestions to help minimize congestion during this major closure.

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The unveiling of the US 2 electronic collisions signs on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. This sign is part of the US 2 traffic safety corridor project. The Washington Traffic Safety Commission, in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Washington State Patrol, designates safety corridors at the request of local communities with the goal of reducing fatal and disabling collisions on roadways with significant safety needs.

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The D.B. General the largest derrick barge on the West Coast hoisted the nearly 1 million-pound section onto a barge. Due to its age and size, the old truss cannot be reused and will be salvaged by contractor Kiewit-General and recycled.

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Gov. Chris Gregoire on May 13, 2009 signed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2211 in Aberdeen. The legislation authorizes tolling on SR 520, which will provide funding to begin building the pontoon construction site in Grays Harbor next year. Pontoon construction is expected to support or create more than 2,000 jobs.
Legislative budget writers believe the projects included in this budget will support or create an estimated 49,000 jobs.

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Gov. Chris Gregoire on May 13, 2009 signed a historic transportation budget for the 2009-2011 biennium, which includes the largest two-year construction budget ever for the Washington State Department of Transportation. Legislative budget writers believe the projects included in this budget will support or create an estimated 49,000 jobs.

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On May 9, 2009 crews installed new 40-ton expansion joints in the I-90 floating bridge express lanes. The large steel joints help the bridge flex with the weather, water and traffic. Crews will replace the I-90 westbound mainline expansion joints in July. For more information, please visit: www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/i90/ HomerHadleyBridgeRepair.

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The retractable draw span pontoon is removed from the Hood Canal Bridge May 1, just hours after it closed to traffic.

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Motion capture of clean up on North Cascades Highway near Liberty Bell.

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