Floating light rail bridge — the world’s first — opens in Seattle area

Crowds showed up on opening day to ride the Crosslake Connection expansion to Sound Transit's Link 2 Line, expected to carry ...

Sound Transit opens Cross Lake Connection, first light rail over I-90 bridge

Sound Transit is set to open its long-awaited Cross Lake Connection on Saturday, linking the Eastside with Seattle by light ...
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Where Is The Longest Floating Bridge In The World? (And What Is Its Total Length?)

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 ...
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Sound Transit starts testing light rail cars on I-90 floating bridge

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Running fixed rail on a floating ...

Big crowds expected for Lake Washington light rail crossing

A long-awaited transit milestone in the Puget Sound region is set to debut this weekend, as trains begin crossing Lake ...
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Eastside open house explains SR 520 floating bridge construction

Yesterday afternoon at a school in Medina, the Washington State Department of Transportation and contractor Kiewit/General/Manson, A Joint Venture (KGM) unveiled the latest construction plans and ...
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Venice revives a quarter-mile floating bridge to island cemetery for All Souls’ Day mourners

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice’s San Michele island is the final resting place of American poet Ezra Pound, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and many Venetians known only to their loved ones. The city of ...
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Seattle opens world's first light rail across floating bridge

On Saturday, a decades-long vision to connect Seattle to the Eastside finally came to fruition. Leaders and politicians from ...