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SR 16 Westbound Nalley Valley - By the Numbers

What does it take to build a new westbound viaduct across the Nalley Valley in Tacoma? Here's the project by the numbers:

Total project funding:

$183.7 million

Nickel funding:

$162.7 million

Construction contract amount:

$119.9 million

Average daily traffic in 1973:    

40,000

Average daily traffic today:

131,000

Number of bridges:

10

Number of piers (columns): 

77 

Estimated steel: 

10.4 million pounds

Estimated concrete: 

48,000 cubic yards

Hourly workers: 

200

Depth of piers in the ground:  

50 to 70 feet 

Height of piers above the ground:   

40 to 84 feet

Capacity of temporary stormwater retention ponds:  

3 million gallons  

Capacity of permanent stormwater retention ponds:

22.4 million gallons

Linear storm drainage:

3.14 miles

Height of existing viaduct:

64 feet

Height of new westbound viaduct: 

94 feet 

Square feet of bridge deck: 

332,457 

Acres of bridge deck:   

7.63