NE 8th Street Bridge in Bellevue, WA

Northeast Eighth Street is the main east/west arterial for Bellevue Washington and the primary access route between I-405 and the city's downtown business district. To provide room for a new set of high occupancy vehicle (HOV) direct connector ramps on I-405 the existing NE Eighth Street bridge had to be replaced without causing significant disruption to traffic on either roadway. HDR engineers devised a unique solution that reduced a potential 15-month closure of NE 8th Street to just one weekend. Their innovative approach involved building the bridge in stages, one half at a time, then "rolling" one of those halves -- equal to 4.4 million pounds of concrete and steel -- into its permanent position a distance of 64 feet.

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[connerjd]

Great video!

[Icestorm38921]

i live two streets away from 8th... =D

[Lightningblade12345]

wow.. i lived here for about maybe 10 years of my 15 years and i NEVER noticed this lol

[bailey2829]

woah dude i work right by there and i didnt even notide they did that. they just straight up moved that bridge over

[badshans]

it says BELLEVUE, WA

[001bf]

I guess we're supposed to guess what city and state this is in.