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July 26 2026
Vol. X • No. 15
The Edgewater Bridge carries West Mukilteo Boulevard across Edgewater Creek and straddles the boundary between the cities of Everett and Mukilteo, Wash. The road is an important artery for the Boulevard Bluffs neighborhood and is used daily by residents, transit, ferry,
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school buses and emergency responders. Built in 1946, the bridge is still safe but at the end of its useful life. Residents and transportation planners were becoming concerned as the three bridges in the area were built around the same time, and major bridge problems from a large earthquake could leave residents isolated on an island. Granite Construction of Watsonville, Calif., won the
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bid-build project to replace the old five-span concrete arch bridge. The construction project cost $27 million. Although quakes are relatively infrequent, the area did sustain a magnitude 4.6 earthquake in 2019 and a major magnitude 6.8 tremor in 2021 that rattled residents throughout Puget Sound. see BRIDGE page 10