Monday, January 5, 2015

City Looks At Options For Post Street Bridge- Again

The city of Spokane is taking a new look at the question of what to do with the aging Post Street Bridge. The bridge is old and has had weight restrictions on it for many years. The question is though, would it be a better idea to rehabilitate it or replace it?

The Spokesman-Review's "Getting There" column has information on a plan to do a study on the bridge.

3 comments:

Charles said...

The concrete on the underside of the deck is in real bad shape. Not sure of the arches, but I know if you are walking on it when a couple of cars are on it it shakes a lot like the Monroe street bridge did before they rebuilt it.

SRTC Staff said...

That shaking is unnerving! The Greene Street Bridge does the same thing. You don't notice until you walk across it. Whatever they do, it could cause some problems for City Hall employees as they all park on the north side of the river and walk to City Hall across the bridge.

Charles said...

I used to walk from the courthouse to the library each week, at first across the Monroe Street bridge, till they started working on it, and then on the Post Street bridge, but now back to Monroe, So I am familiar with both of them


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