$1.1 Million to Replace Enumclaw Bridge

A $1.1 million, three-month project to replace the 50-year-old Newaukum Bridge near Enumclaw will begin Monday, Aug. 20.

During construction, motorists can use Southeast 416th Street and 292nd Avenue Southeast as a detour. About 3,000 vehicles use the bridge each day.

The short span bridge will be replaced with a wider structure that will be safer and built to modern standards, a King County Department of Transportation news release says. The bridge, spanning Newaukum Creek on Veazie-Cumberland Road Southeast, is deteriorated.  Its beams are chipped and cracked, and the timber pilings that support the structure have eroded, the release adds.  

The new bridge will be mostly made of concrete and provide more protection against earthquakes and floods. The bridge also will have wider shoulders and be less costly to maintain, the county Road Services Division says in the release.

For more information on the project, go to the county’s Newaukum Bridge website.