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Article: WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION KICKS OFF CONSTRUCTION OF I-90 SNOQUALMIE PASS EAST PROJECT TO IMPROVE SAFETY RELIABILITY OF VITAL CROSS-STATE ROUTE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 12, 2009
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HYAK, Wash., Aug. 11 -- The Washington state Department of Transportation issued the following news release:
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 ...