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• Nighttime noise construction information, (253) 620-4440
• Contact the TNB Office, 1 (877) 762-7769
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Night Construction Activities
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is in its fourth
season of constructing the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge and State Route (SR) 16
between Jackson Avenue and 36th Street NW. Although most construction will take
place during daytime hours, work also will occur at night.
Telephone Hotline (253) 620-4440. Staffed 24 hours a
day, this telephone hotline is available for the public to report comments or
concerns related to night construction noise. Operators take calls and forward
them to staff. If a response is requested, Tacoma Narrows Bridge staff will
follow up the next work day. When project construction activities are taking
place, operators will be able to contact project staff immediately. If a caller
requests an immediate response during off-work hours, staff will be notified
to return the calls as soon as possible. Activities are subject to change due
to unforeseen factors including inclement weather. Be sure to check the hotline
for schedule revisions.
Construction activities that may occur between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.
are as follows:
Deck Installation: Work crews will continue installing deck sections.
The TEAL, an ocean-going cargo ship, will soon
deliver 15 more deck sections to the Narrows. As with its sister ship the SWAN,
the TEAL will anchor below the west span
of the new bridge between the west bridge tower and the Gig Harbor shoreline.
Lifting the deck sections occurs during slack
tide in the Narrows, thus deck-lifting operations may occur between the hours
of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Deck assembly
will continue through the end of 2006. Equipment: tower and gantry cranes, winches
and welding equipment.
Existing Bridge: Temporary single-lane night closures may
occur on the existing bridge so crews can continue seismic
retrofit work on the existing structure. Equipment: traffic control trucks.
Roadway: Roadway crews are grading areas around Jackson
Avenue in Tacoma. This work is in preparation for paving the
future eastbound lanes on the east side of the bridge. Equipment: trucks, pavers,
rollers.
Scheduled activities for January - March 2007
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| ACTIVITY A
Deck Installation: Work crews will continue installing deck sections. Lifting the deck sections occurs during slack tide in the Narrows. As a result, deck-lifting may occur between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Work crews will continue bolt-up and welding the deck sections. Work for the first quarter of 2007 will include cable wrapping and barrier rail installation.
Equipment: Tower and Gantry cranes, winches, air guns (for bolt-up) and welding equipment.
Roadway: Roadway crews will continue backfilling the East Anchorage.Crews will also install the 24th Street sign-bridge during the first quarter of 2007.
Equipment: Trucks, rollers, and man-lifts.
Note: Noise levels 50 feet from the noise
source will not exceed 85–90 decibels during construction.
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Also available is our executive summary of night noise quarterly construction reports submitted to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department as required by our noise variance.
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