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Although we agree that it would be great to give the beginning and ending time for a drawspan opening we hesitate to do so because we don't always know exactly how long it's going to take.
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The floating bridge drawspan will be opened Sunday, July 17 from 11 - 11:30 a.m. to allow a tugboat to push a construction barge through to the other side.
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The Transportation Department says it wants to make sure the 47-year-old bridge and the drawspan equipment are ready for another storm season.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Johnson said she became a bridge tender because she enjoys the peacefulness, the view and the time it gives her to read while awaiting calls to open the drawspan.
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Among the final steps: opening and closing the bridge's drawspan 20 times.
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According to a press release by the WSDOT, the first car crossed the east-half of the bridge around 10. 19PM on Wednesday, after the contractor completed twenty test opening of the floating bridge's center drawspan.
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