The finished interchange on November 19th, 2008 when the formal ribbon cutting ceremony was held.
Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond and 12th District Senator Linda Evans Parlette cut the ribbon on the new interchange on a chilly Wednesday afternoon, November 19th, 2008.
April 3rd, 2008, ground was broken to kick off construction on Monday, April 7th. (L-R) WSDOT Project Engineer Mike Fleming, Chelan County Commissioner Keith Goehner, 12th Dist. St. Rep. Mike Armstrong, 12th Dist. St. Sen. Linda Evans Parlette, WSDOT NCRegion Administrator Don Senn, Dick Wall - KLB Construction.
On the week of the Fourth of July, supergirders were set for both project overpasses for US 97 and this one for the Blewett Cutoff Road which is for orchard equipment, pedestrians and bicyclists, not cars and trucks.