Painting work to restore the Lewis and Clark Bridge resumes this week

 

March 13, 2012



LONGVIEW – Painting crews are returning to the SR 433, Lewis and Clark Bridge this week and working through wind and rain to ensure that when warmer weather returns, the paint is ready to roll.

Today, March 13, crews began mobilizing equipment in the staging yard below the bridge. Starting Wednesday, March 14, crews will move onto the bridge and begin building containment platforms for weather-dependent blasting, priming and painting work on the steel beams above the roadway.

For the next eight months, drivers will encounter narrowed lanes, nighttime lane closures and minor delays while contractor crews remove corrosion and apply a protective layer of paint to the steel structure.

This work is part of the SR 433, Lewis and Clark Bridge painting project to restore and preserve the mile-long historic bridge between Longview, Wash. and Rainier, Ore. The $40 million painting project includes $12.3 million in federal funding through the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and is scheduled for completion in 2013.

Stay up-to-date on construction-related traffic impacts by visiting WSDOT’s Travel Alerts and Southwest Region Construction Update Web pages.

 

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