Talk:Evergreen Point Floating Bridge

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Did you know... that the new Evergreen Point Floating Bridge is the fourth floating bridge to connect Seattle with its Eastside suburbs, and the world's longest?

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Going live[edit]

This seems to be approaching live article quality. Any thoughts on what must get done first? - Brianhe (talk) 19:21, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Design section needs work, with construction a close second in priority. Background and planning can be left short until I can come back to it. I'd like to have the page live before April 11 (opening to traffic). Sounder Bruce 05:41, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This kind of looks like an article now, what do you think? - Brianhe (talk) 07:44, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Total length of bridge and difference of new record[edit]

The article is clear about the length of the floating portion, which is what the world record is based on, but doesn't give (as far as I can see) the total length of the bridge. The 1963 bridge article does give the total length, but there's a 2-foot discrepancy between the lengths by which the new span is said to exceed the old (one article says 130 feet, the other 132). On another note, I think it might be time to change the name of the 1963 article to Evergreen Point Floating Bridge '''(1963)''' instead of leaving it the default. If there is to be a default (rather than a disambig) I would think it should be the current bridge that is defaulted to, with a disambig note at the top to send people to the old bridge. --Haruo (talk) 15:08, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The measurement of the new bridge's length has been a bit inconsistent, between WSDOT's figure (7,710) and the Guinness Book of Record's figure (7,708). I'm waiting for the National Bridge Inventory to update for the year and get an official length (and the total length including the old approach spans to the west). As for the page move, I agree and tried to do so a few weeks ago but was reverted. I've started a request to move it on the other talk page. Sounder Bruce 21:17, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Resources for future expansion[edit]

April 2017 booklet about the project

Sounder Bruce 22:42, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Water traffic[edit]

So the original bridge had a moveable span to allow vessels to pass, then new one hasn’t but still floats on the water. So what then? They blocked that whole gigantic body of water off for all water traffic?? And everyone on the shores of it just accepted that?? Or does it have a raised fixed part that allows vessels to pass underneath?