http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/ Copyright WSDOT 2008. All rights reserved. bertraj@wsdot.wa.gov (Jeremy Bertrand) Washington State Department of Transportation Fri, 24 May 2013 08:15:56 GMT 15 http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Public/images/nav/wsdot2g4.gif http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:45:50 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/21SR20NCHcloses.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/21SR20NCHcloses.htm Last Tuesday's temporary closure becomes permanent due to increasing avalanche danger. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:30:00 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/21_KingStreetStationfunding.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/21_KingStreetStationfunding.htm The Washington State Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration signed agreements today, Nov. 21, securing $16.7 million in federal high-speed-rail funds to support the next phase of the King Street Station restoration project. The station is the busiest in the Pacific Northwest, serving nearly half a million Amtrak Cascades passengers in 2010. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:13:53 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/18_Thanksgiving2011.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/18_Thanksgiving2011.htm As the holidays draw near and temperatures drop, the Washington State Department of Transportation has tips on how to be ready for winter weather driving and avoid Thanksgiving holiday weekend highway backups. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:11:26 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/17_KellerFerry.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/17_KellerFerry.htm Foss Maritime Co. of Seattle will build a replacement 20-car state ferry to operate on Lake Roosevelt, a remote location requiring the ferry be built in sections and transported across the state. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:36:25 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/15SR20NCHwyTempClosure.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/15SR20NCHwyTempClosure.htm SR 20, The North Cascades Highway is closing at 8 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 15 due to forecast heavy snowstorms. Reopening will be reassessed Monday. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:44 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/Chinookandcayuseclosed2011.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/Chinookandcayuseclosed2011.htm Several feet of snowfall over the weekend sent Chinook (State Route 410) and Cayuse (State Route 123) passes into hibernation for the season. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:04:33 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/ManetteBridgeopens.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/ManetteBridgeopens.htm BREMERTON – The middle of the Port Washington Narrows became a meeting place today as residents and visitors met halfway between Manette and Bremerton to shake hands and celebrate the bridge under their feet Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:32:00 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/10-Federal_vets_grants.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/10-Federal_vets_grants.htm The Federal Transit Administration today announced the Washington State Department of Transportation will receive three grants totaling more than $737,000 to be distributed to selected veterans transportation projects. The grants are of the product of the Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:55:41 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/08_KellerFerry.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/08_KellerFerry.htm Foss Maritime Co. of Seattle is the apparent low bidder to build a new 20-car Keller Ferry to serve Washington’s only ferry route east of the Cascade Mountains. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 02:28:00 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/SR520PCPgate.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/SR520PCPgate.htm Huge gate installed at SR 520 pontoon construction site Sat, 05 Nov 2011 02:27:00 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/4_amtrak-cascades-thanksgiving.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/4_amtrak-cascades-thanksgiving.htm SEATTLE – Amtrak will add 11 trains along the Amtrak Cascades route between Portland and Seattle to accommodate the travel demand during the holiday week. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:47:00 GMT http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/03_TIGER3.htm http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/11/03_TIGER3.htm Washington’s TIGER III applications focus on mobility, environment and multimodal connections