Did the RTID fund any steel truss bridges like the one that failed in Minnesota?
• At the time of the ballot measure, there were 45 steel deck truss bridges in the state (both state and local). • Seven of these were classified as “structurally deficient”, but only one of the seven, the South Park Bridge, was within the proposed RTID area. The Blueprint for Progress identified funding for the replacement of the South Park Bridge. ($99 million 2006.) • Four of the remaining bridges were programmed for funding out of local, state and federal funds and the remaining two were being monitored. What bridges were in the RTID package? RTID included funds in its package to help state owned earthquake vulnerable bridges and overpasses, the most prominent of which was SR 520. There were other bridges proposed to be built or repaired with funds from the RTID package. For example, in Snohomish County, new bridges would have been built across the Snohomish River on SR 9 and across North Creek and Swamp Creek in SR 524 improvement project. These new structures would have been buil
