Vancouver, Wash. – A new bridge spanning Whipple Creek south of the Clark County Fairgrounds is open for use by drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.

Clark County Public Works opened the 10th Avenue Bridge to traffic Thursday afternoon. Some final work still needs to be completed, including finishing a couple sidewalk sections on the bridge’s west side. Until that work is done, only the bridge’s east sidewalk will be open to pedestrians.

There still could be occasional single lane closures, but the bridge will remain open to traffic during remaining construction.

Clark County awarded a $14.62 million contract to Cascade Bridge LLC of Vancouver, the project’s general contractor. Construction started in May 2017.

Clark Public Utilities contributed approximately $1.05 million to the project for a waterline on the bridge, and Clark Regional Wastewater District contributed approximately $900,000 for a wastewater line. The district also built a sewer pump station and a sewer main line to extend service into the area, as part of its overall $3.4 million investment in the Northeast 10th Avenue corridor.

Clark County received financial assistance from federal and state partners to help pay for this project:

• A $2.84 million federal Surface Transportation Program grant through the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council.
• A $4.8 million state loan from the Washington State Public Works Board. 

Public Works expects to begin construction in 2020 on a related project south of the new bridge: widening and improving Northeast 10th Avenue, from Northeast 149th Street to Northeast 154th Street.

CONTACT
Bart Arthur
Construction engineer
Public Works
564.397.4948
bart.arthur@clark.wa.gov