Project Evaluation: SR 240, Yakima River Bridge
Benton County
This project is located on SR 240 over the Yakima River between the cities of Richland and Kennewick.
Two new bridges, providing three general purpose lanes and one auxilliary lane in each dirction, were constructed on SR 240 over the Yakima River. These bridges replaced a single, structurally deficient bridge that limited freight movement on SR 240. The new bridges and additional lanes provide improved mobility and maneuverability.
This project included environmental benefits such as the restoration and enhancement of wetlands as well as providing flood plain and animal connectivity through this section of the Yakima River Delta.
Construction Summary:
Originally, this project was designed as a stand-alone project, because the funding had not been secured for the last phase of the SR 240 corridor widening, from I-182 to Columbia Center Boulevard.
After the bridge construction had begun, funding was secured for widening the remainder of the corridor. As a result, the SR 240 Bridge contract was changed to coincide with widening SR 240 from I-182 to Columbia Center Boulevard. This change resulted in a savings of nearly $750,000.
Construction began in May 2003 and the first new bridge was completed and opened to traffic on August 15, 2004.
The second new bridge was completed in September 2005 but will not be opened to traffic until later in the year when the adjacent project on SR 240 is ready to switch traffic.
This project was completed by October 14, 2005.
Contact Information:
Prime Contractor:
Wildish/F.E.Ward
Vancouver, WA
WSDOT Contact:
Moe Davari, P.E.
(509) 577-1870
davarim@wsdot.wa.gov
Project page link:
For more information on the project, see
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/SR240/Yakimariverbridge/
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