South Park Bridge comes down in August; another $15 million designated
Demolition will begin in August on Seattle’s old South Park Bridge that was closed to traffic June 30.
The spans will be removed first by mid-September. The foundation and both ends of the road deck will be removed some time between 2011 and 2013, said Frank Abe, spokesman for King County Executive Dow Constantine.
Board members of the Puget Sound Regional Council voted Thursday to use $15 million of the region’s federal highway money to remove the 79-year-old crossing, which served industries and a working-class residential neighborhood on the south fringe of Seattle.
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