wsdot | SR 167 Completion Project: 2024 girder setting and bridge demolition @wsdot | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
SR 167 Completion Project crews began setting 15 bridge girders over I-5 on Oct. 4 and 5, 2024. The girders will soon form the backbone of a new bridge that will carry the new SR 167 tolled expressway over I-5 in Fife. This new bridge will be located immediately north of the existing Wapato Way East bridge. At the same time as the girder setting, other construction crews continued demolition of the nearby 70th Avenue East bridge, which has been closed to the public since 2021.
Each of the 15 bridge girders weigh 277,000 pounds and are 222 feet 9 inches long, spanning the entire width of I-5 at the Fife curve. Two cranes placed in both northbound and southbound lanes of I-5 lifted and set the girders into place. The girders are manufactured by Concrete Technology Corporation in Tacoma.
The SR 167 Completion Project builds 6 miles of new tolled highway between Puyallup and the Port of Tacoma. The new highway is being built in stages. The portion currently under construction between I-5 and the Port of Tacoma is scheduled to open in 2026. The next stage is scheduled to begin construction in 2025 and construction work on the last stage will begin in 2026. The entire project is planned for completion by 2029.
SR 167 Completion Project crews began setting 15 bridge girders over I-5 on Oct. 4 and 5, 2024. The girders will soon form the backbone of a new bridge that will carry the new SR 167 tolled expressway over I-5 in Fife. This new bridge will be located immediately north of the existing Wapato Way East bridge. At the same time as the girder setting, other construction crews continued demolition of the nearby 70th Avenue East bridge, which has been closed to the public since 2021.
Each of the 15 bridge girders weigh 277,000 pounds and are 222 feet 9 inches long, spanning the entire width of I-5 at the Fife curve. Two cranes placed in both northbound and southbound lanes of I-5 lifted and set the girders into place. The girders are manufactured by Concrete Technology Corporation in Tacoma.
The SR 167 Completion Project builds 6 miles of new tolled highway between Puyallup and the Port of Tacoma. The new highway is being built in stages. The portion currently under construction between I-5 and the Port of Tacoma is scheduled to open in 2026. The next stage is scheduled to begin construction in 2025 and construction work on the last stage will begin in 2026. The entire project is planned for completion by 2029.
