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Article: United States: WSDOT kicks off construction of the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East project.
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- August 12, 2009
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Byline: shiv03
The Washington State Department of Transportation today began construction on the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East project (I-90 Project), a project that will build five miles of wider, safer and more reliable highway for east-west travelers.
The $595 million, 2005 Transportation Partnership Account-funded project was scheduled to begin in 2010. But a portion of the project was moved ahead a year after engineers developed a plan to build a detour bridge near the Gold Creek area at the Keechelus Lake reservoir to limit construction impacts on the movement of freight and people across Snoqualmie Pass.
By building the detour structure now, ...