By james art 
Boise Creek Bridge to close in the summer
The structure of the era of the 1950s is rotting; Building a new bridge will close the road access to SR 410.
The King County Roads Department is approaching the final stages in the process of resolving a local bridge.
On January 10, it was announced that the county approved two coastline permissions to replace a bridge over SE Mud Mountain Road. The bridge crosses Boise Creek, near where the road intersects with a state road 410.
The county must now wait three weeks from that date of a public comment decision; If it is not done, then the State Department of Ecology of Washington will go out on the project, clearing the path of the county to start work.
Construction is expected to start this summer.
The bridge, called Boise X Connection Bridge, was built in 1956.
According to the county, it outlined its useful life: the steel deck and the carriers rust, the bases of the timber rot, and the lead paint peel off-all worries about the environment.
In addition, its weight limit means that fire trucks and commercial trucks do not have access to the road from the highway.
The new bridge will remove these weight limits and will be wider than the present bridge. It will also help to straighten the road, facilitating drivers to see forward.
Finally, there will be public art created at the place of the bridge after the construction is completed.
The county expects the bridge to be completely closed from the summer to the fall, perhaps until the grief of the locals who use the 248th time, and the Se Mount Mountain Road to overcome the trafficking of the bookley in the afternoon and evenings.
Closing also means that those who have to go west by SE Mud Mountain Road must have access to the road in the 252nd Avenue and the 248th time.
Until the closure of the bridge will affect access to the Boise Creek and Pinnacle Peak Park path, access to Foothills Trail and Trail Boise Creek can be temporarily restricted.
The project is expected to cost $ 4.7 million.
A card showing where the SE Mud Mountain Road will be closed this summer and how to bypass construction. Image with the kind assistance of King County
Photo courtesy of King’s County photo of Boise X Connection Bridge (foreground) when it first opened in 1956. The northern Pacific railway growth was demolished in 1982.