Comments on: Sunset Lake Floating Bridge

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:10:02 +0000

I appologize to all for the double post , but bigyaz has a very strong point…. (comment #8). Our lake is also very deep, and has a very muddy, silty bottom as well…. Let’s face it, we don’t have the cleanest lake in the world, haha..

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:05:04 +0000

one of the only floating bridges in the world, and some nerd is shittin on it Sorry we aren’t San Francisco with a big honking Golden Gate

but we’re bulding one with a tallll solid section to eliminate the need for a lift span… which is also cool, but you wouldn’t know it I’m sure. So don’t worry, little jimmy, we’ll have your high bridge for you to yell excitedly about when mommy drives you by

Pardon the pun, but people are so shallow, heh….

have a good childhood

By: bigyaz

bigyaz — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:53:38 +0000

And to answer Cookie Monster (#4): In the case of the Seattle bridges, Lake Washington is too deep, with too muddy a bottom, for the supports that would be required.

By: winchester

winchester — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:09:11 +0000

The answer to yogahz’s question is that I-90 is actually two parallel bridges.

By: yogahz

yogahz — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:34:19 +0000

Another Washington state floating bridge is the Hood Canal Bridge, the 3rd longest overall and the longest over a saltwater tidal basin (from Wikipedia so…).

WSDOT Faq says there are 11 floating bridges in the world and 4 are in the Puget Sound Area. Where’s the 4th?

Hood Canal Bridge on Google Maps

The bridge middle section swings open to allow submarines from the Bangor Naval Station to go through, among other traffic.

By: Tammo

Tammo — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:10:41 +0000

Welllllll …
If you WANT to be fussy:
According to Merriam-Webster:
bridg-ing transitive verb
to join by a bridge
bridge noun
a time, place, or means of connection or transition
Which this certainly is …

By: Cookie monster

Cookie monster — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:30:19 +0000

Call me a fussy fusspot but i like my bridges to actually bridge things and not idly float on top of things. Why dont they just build a proper bridge?

By: pooms

pooms — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:00:40 +0000

Another floating bridge at Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada:

Placemark: Okanagan Lake Bridge / Google Earth

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:24:37 +0000

WOW!!! I have actually been across this bridge. My wife used to live right up the road from here. Small world.

By: William C Bonner

William C Bonner — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:12:24 +0000

I’m surprised that you’ve never mentioned a floating bridge. Both of the major east-west bridges in Seattle, WA are floating bridges.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

and

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth