OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Department of Transportation says Kiewit-General Joint Venture has submitted a bid for construction of new pontoons for the State Route 520 floating bridge that is ...

A bid to build the pontoons for a new SR 520 floating bridge have come in under the state's estimate with a Kiewit-General Joint Venture submitting the apparent best price and technical proposal. The ...

One of the earliest floating bridges was constructed by Persian Engineers by parking 676 ships in two parallel rows to help Xerxes's army cross the Hellespont. Since then, floating bridges have ...

The first of six new large pontoons has arrived in Lake Washington and is waiting to be installed on the 520 bridge. At 360 feet long, 29 feet tall, and 75 feet wide, the pontoon weighs 11,000 tons ...

Professionals are calling for the state to reject the first six pontoons built for the new 520 Floating Bridge. Last week a KOMO 4 Problem Solver investigation revealed that all six pontoons had leaks ...

Gov. Chris Gregoire says she wants an independent expert panel to review the safety of pontoons being built for the new floating bridge across Lake Washington. The governor’s statement came after news ...

The 808th Pontoon Bridge Regiment while training in April 2023. As Ukrainian forces wait for the spring rains to subside and the muddy landscape to dry out—preconditions for Ukraine’s long-anticipated ...

Vermont's Brookfield Floating Bridge, the only floating bridge on the U.S. East Coast, has reopened for the 2026 summer season. Resting on pontoons over Sunset Lake, it has been rebuilt or repaired ...

Trains pass over all types of bridges to get where they're going, including typical steel girder and truss bridges seen all across America, trestle bridges, and even viaducts (think the Hogwarts ...