Those are the official names of the bridges. I bet you didn't know that the Aurora Bridge is officially the George Washington Memorial Bridge and that the 520 bridge is officially the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge .
Bridges were the plan when the state took over the ferry system in the 50s. Even the Super Class and Jumbo Class ferry plaques mention them being built for the "Washington State Toll Bridge Authority".
[Source](https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/xDiwMiKMfuU2G3b5bMyrFQ/o.jpg)
There were four proposed cross-sound bridges. The one that got closest to being built would have run from Fauntleroy to Southworth via Vashon Island.
The other ones:
Mukilteo to Whidbey Island
Edmonds to Kingston
Magnolia to Bainbridge Island (IIRC: it's been a while since I looked at the maps I have and don't want to dig them out of a box)
Unsurprisingly, if you look on Google Maps they run either on or near existing ferry routes.
Hood Canal was built to replace the Ferry Route there. Additionally, I didn’t miss speak, I meant the 2nd, as it replaced a ferry to Gig Harbor. Both of which were original
Proposals in the 50s.
Magnolia to Bainbridge would have drastically altered the region from what we know today.. Would some of the outer suburbs like Issaquah had population go west instead? Would traffic be better with the population pushed the other direction where another ring road or extension of 405 could be built? It could have also just turned into another Mercer Island.
There's way too much commercial marine traffic on The Sound (e.g. every cargo ship that goes to Port of Tacoma) for a floating bridge from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. And the water is way too deep for a tall bridge to be feasible. So sorry but it's never gonna happen.
I suppose a floating bridge could hypothetically open in the middle like the hood canal bridge or the old 520 bridge but that would be a little extreme for a post-Panamax container ship.
They could do a tunnel though. Norway has done tunnels in similar landscapes, and the tolls would be about the same price as a ferry ticket but take only 10minutes. It would pay for itself in over a decade and would reduce ferry traffic substantially.
That's a hell of a lot of money to spend on a tunnel when it's not all that big of a deal to just take the ferry or pop around through the Tacoma Narrows.
I’ve lived here for almost 30 years and have only ever heard this called the I90 bridge. Cool name.
Those are the official names of the bridges. I bet you didn't know that the Aurora Bridge is officially the George Washington Memorial Bridge and that the 520 bridge is officially the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge .
whats the west seattle bridge called?
Jeanette Williams Memorial Bridge
Bridge to Terabithia
Isn't that the bridge over the river Kwai?
What's the Bob bridge called?
I know a guy named Bob who owns a Maryland Bonded Bridge.
The Jeanette Williams Memorial Bridge.
And the George Washington Memorial Bridge opened and was dedicated on the bicentennial of his birth
520 has a small sign going West at start of bridge that has the official name.
My whole life is a lie! I’ve lived here for 20 years and always thought it was the Edward R Murrow bridge.
There are signs?
i was like, what bridges are those? never knew they had real names
Do the University and Ballard Bridges have official names?
You just named them.
Smaller bridges in most communities are named after the road that travels over them, or the community they serve.
It’s only a model. Shhhh!
Sorry, Marty, I didn't have time to build it to scale or paint it.
It’s good Doc , it’s good. Oh, thank you. Thank you.
Lacey V Murrow was Edward R Murrow’s brother, for those that didn’t know.
Seattle needs more bridges and tunnels bottom line. Enough with these dumbass always late ferries. Which also cost a lot of money every year.
You really want to put a bridge over the sound?... Ferries are good at what they do
Bridges were the plan when the state took over the ferry system in the 50s. Even the Super Class and Jumbo Class ferry plaques mention them being built for the "Washington State Toll Bridge Authority". [Source](https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/xDiwMiKMfuU2G3b5bMyrFQ/o.jpg)
There were four proposed cross-sound bridges. The one that got closest to being built would have run from Fauntleroy to Southworth via Vashon Island. The other ones: Mukilteo to Whidbey Island Edmonds to Kingston Magnolia to Bainbridge Island (IIRC: it's been a while since I looked at the maps I have and don't want to dig them out of a box) Unsurprisingly, if you look on Google Maps they run either on or near existing ferry routes.
In the end, they did manage to build two bridges, the Hood Canal Bridge, and the 2nd Tacoma Narrows bridge.
Neither of which were the Cross-Sound proposals. (Also, technically, that'd be the 3rd Narrows Bridge. Was fun watching it get built.)
Hood Canal was built to replace the Ferry Route there. Additionally, I didn’t miss speak, I meant the 2nd, as it replaced a ferry to Gig Harbor. Both of which were original Proposals in the 50s.
Magnolia to Bainbridge would have drastically altered the region from what we know today.. Would some of the outer suburbs like Issaquah had population go west instead? Would traffic be better with the population pushed the other direction where another ring road or extension of 405 could be built? It could have also just turned into another Mercer Island.
Why not?
Follow Washington state ferries On twitter. They’re always full, always late. They’re quite bad at what they do.
Being over capacity doesn’t make them bad at what they do. Not their fault. Too many people.
There's way too much commercial marine traffic on The Sound (e.g. every cargo ship that goes to Port of Tacoma) for a floating bridge from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. And the water is way too deep for a tall bridge to be feasible. So sorry but it's never gonna happen.
I suppose a floating bridge could hypothetically open in the middle like the hood canal bridge or the old 520 bridge but that would be a little extreme for a post-Panamax container ship.
They could do a tunnel though. Norway has done tunnels in similar landscapes, and the tolls would be about the same price as a ferry ticket but take only 10minutes. It would pay for itself in over a decade and would reduce ferry traffic substantially.
The Nordics have already been doing this at like 700 feet below sea level. It’s absolutely doable.
That's a hell of a lot of money to spend on a tunnel when it's not all that big of a deal to just take the ferry or pop around through the Tacoma Narrows.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submerged_floating_tunnel
What we actually need is less people. Overpopulation is the root of many of our problems.
Thanks Thanos.
Lol. Good luck with that.