Date:  Monday, January 25, 2010

Contact: Meghan Soptich Pembroke, WSDOT Communications, 206-440-4704 (Seattle)
Janice Fahning, WSDOT Project Engineer, 425-225-8799 (Everett)
Brian Delp, City of Lynnwood Resident Construction Engineer, 425-670-5224 (Lynnwood)

LYNNWOOD – Crews start work today on a $3.9 million city of Lynnwood project to improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists at 44th Avenue West near I-5 in Lynnwood. Crews will build a pedestrian bridge over 44th Avenue West and the southbound I-5 on-ramp and complete the “missing link” in Lynnwood’s portion of the Interurban Trail.

“Today, people on foot or bike must travel along busy city streets to get from the trail to the Lynnwood Transit Center,” said Brian Delp, Lynnwood Resident Construction Engineer. “The new bridge and trail will separate vehicle and pedestrian traffic and provide a safer, easier pedestrian route to the transit center.”

The new bridge will connect at the western end with the existing trail near the Lynnwood Transit Center on 46th Avenue West. At the eastern end of the bridge, crews will build a new 1500-foot section of trail to connect the bridge to the existing Interurban Trail at 40th Avenue West.

Drivers and pedestrians will see crews installing signs and fencing this week as they prep the area for construction. Transit center and trail users should also plan for some changes during construction. Crews will close up to 10 parking stalls in the transit center and will re-route the trail while they complete some of the work. The trail will remain open during construction. Drivers can expect lane closures on 44th Avenue West and the on-ramp to southbound I-5.

Crews expect to wrap up work on the project this summer. For more project details, maps and graphics, visit: www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Lynnwood/44thAvePedBridge.

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