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	Hood Canal Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hood Canal Bridge is located in Washington state on Washington State Route 104 and connects the Olympic Peninsula and the Kitsap Peninsula across the Hood Canal.
		The full title of the Hood Canal Bridge, the William A. Bugge bridge, was named after the director of the Department of Highways, William A. Bugge (1900-1992), from 1949 to 1963 who was a leader in the planning and construction of the bridge.
		The bridge re-opened as a toll bridge, but tolls were lifted in 1985 after a court ruling that the insurance settlement constituted repayment of the construction bonds, and since federal funds were used in re-constructing the bridge, the Washington State Department of Transportation could not charge tolls after the bonds were retired.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hood_Canal_Bridge (2039 words)

	Hood River Floating Bridge
		The eastern half of the floating bridge was originally constructed in 1961 and is nearing the end of its structural life.
		The Hood Canal Bridge was named in honor of William A. Bugge by the Washington Highway Commission at the request of the Washington State Senate on July 12, 1977.
		William A. Bugge was director of the Department of Highways from 1949 to 1963, and was a leader in the planning and construction of the bridge.
	bridgepros.com /projects/Hood_Canal_Bridge/index.htm (1966 words)

	Hood Canal Bridge (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Hood Canal Bridge, carrying Washington State Route 104 across the Hood Canal from the Olympic Peninsula to the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state, is the third longest floating Bridge in the world, at 6,521 feet (1,988 m).
		When the pontoons were attached for the first time, and then towed into place and anchored, sea conditions in the Hood Canal were too severe and the pontoons were returned to a nearby bay until a better method to attaching could be devised.
		The Bridge opened as a toll bridge, but tolls were lifted in 1985 after a court ruling that the insurance settlement constituted repayment of the construction bonds.
	hood-canal-bridge.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (378 words)

	WSDOT - SR 104 - Hood Canal Bridge East-half Replacement and West-half Retrofit Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Hood Canal Bridge is located between Kitsap and Jefferson counties at the northern mouth of the Hood Canal.
		Hood Canal Bridge pontoons are now being constructed at a graving dock in the Tacoma area.
		The Hood Canal Bridge project was chosen as one of the pilot projects.
	www.wsdot.wa.gov /projects/sr104hoodcanalbridgeeast (863 words)

	Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Hood Canal Bridge was a 6,600-foot floating, reinforced concrete bridge with a draw span near its midpoint to allow ocean-going vessels to pass.
		During a severe storm, the entire west side of the bridge sank into Hood Canal, failing progressively during the course of the storm.
		Investigated the failure using an analytical model that included the bridge pontoons, cables, and the hydrodynamic effects of mass and damping of the pontoons in water.
	www.sgh.com /services/bridges/hood.htm (99 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Hood Canal Bridge sinks during a severe storm on Tuesday, February 13, 1979.
		On February 13, 1979, about 7 a.m., the western half of the Hood Canal Bridge sinks during a severe storm. For several hours before the Tuesday the 13th catastrophe, a storm batters the bridge with winds of 80 miles per hour gusting to 120 miles per hour.
		The bridge had always been controversial, for some peninsula people preferred a rural way of life that the bridge with its stream of traffic compromised. Some believed the bridge had been sabotaged and others believed that the Navy had cut one or more cables to let a submarine through.
		The rebuilt bridge opened to traffic on October 3, 1982. As a precaution, the bridge is closed to vehicular traffic whenever winds reach 40 miles per hour and stay at that velocity for 15 minutes.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=5501 (533 words)

	» Olympic Peninsula Today » Showdown at Hood Canal Bridge
		The Hood Canal Bridge was built prior to environmental awareness and regulations, and, when destroyed in a storm, was exempted from environmental considerations for its repair in 1979.
		Hood Canal is the only fjord on the West Coast of the United States, with Somes Sound, part of Acadia National Park, being the only fjord on the Atlantic Coast of the US.
		Hood Canal, in addition to the many unique creatures which inhabit it, was home to the largest octopus ever documented.
	olyoo.com /showdown-at-hood-canal-bridge/66 (692 words)

	Long-Term Performance of Corrosion Inhibitors Used in Repair of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Components, FHWA-RD-01-097 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Due to the extreme depth of the natural canal, greater than 92 m at mid-channel, the structure was designed as a floating bridge that opens at the center to allow passage of ship traffic.
		In 1979, the western half of the bridge sank in a storm and was subsequently replaced.
		Corrosion of the concrete reinforcing steel in the pontoon decks and substructure members is evident throughout the older eastern half of the floating bridge.
	www.tfhrc.gov /pavement/ltpp/reports/01097/part4.htm (1313 words)

	PB Network \| Issue 47 \| Hood Canal Bridge: A Study of the West Structure Control System
		In the case of movable bridges, one must also be able to evaluate all of the various types and be prepared to bring innovation to the process.
		The bridge is a floating concrete structure that utilizes a series of concrete pontoons with two floating draw spans at the center.
		The greatest risk to the users of the bridge would be the unintended operation of a traffic gate or the barrier gate while the bridge is open to roadway traffic.
	www.pbworld.com /news_events/publications/network/issue_47/47_12_VanDeReeM_HoodCanalWestStruct.asp (2452 words)

	Hood Canal controversy reaches critical stage
		Workers were back at work doing their best to keep the crumbling Hood Canal Bridge floating, but it needs much more than a quick fix.
		The state needs the dry dock for the ailing SR 520 bridge and then for repairs to the I-90 floating bridge.
		In fact, the DOT was depending on the facility for bridge work for decades down the road.
	www.citizenreviewonline.org /sept_2003/hood.htm (467 words)

	Hood Canal Bridge to close for repair work
		SHINE -- A three-day closure of the Hood Canal Bridge this weekend is expected to cause delays of several hours for travelers headed to and from the Olympic Peninsula, a state spokesman said Wednesday.
		The closure is necessary to replace the bridge's western approach span -- a section of the bridge supported by columns on land, said Lloyd Brown, a Transportation Department spokesman.
		The west half sank in 1979 and was replaced, with the bridge reopening in 1982.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /transportation/236124_hoodcanal11.html?... (487 words)

	Hood Canal bridge "groundbreaking" set for Saturday
		With the bridge providing a vital transportation link between Puget Sound communities and the coast, state officials were determined to fund the massive project, even when transportation dollars became scarce.
		State Representative Jim Buck, who has been fighting to insure there’s funding to replace the bridge for the past several years, believes the Hood Canal Bridge project is worthy of worldwide attention.
		The bridge is the longest floating span over saltwater on the planet, and represents a major engineering feat.
	www.citizenreviewonline.org /august_2003/hood.htm (422 words)

	PB Network \| Issue 47 \| The Hood Canal Floating Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The replacement of the Hood Canal Bridge that was started 20 years ago is being continued-now with more complex traffic conditions, tighter time frames and reduced funds.
		In 1960, a 2-lane, 2.4-km (1.5-mile) -long, concrete floating bridge was designed and built by the Washington State Highway Department to extend Highway 104 across Hood Canal, a fjord-like arm of Puget Sound west of Seattle, Washington.
		A fixed bridge design was ruled out because the canal is more than 92 m (300 feet) deep and has a tidal variation of more than 5 m(16 feet).
	www.pbworld.com /news_events/publications/network/tools/print_article.asp?referrer=/news_events/publications/network/issue_47/47_10_AbrahamsM_HoodCanalBridge.asp (1228 words)

	Hood Canal Chum
		There is a good run of fall Chum Salmon in Hood Canal because the WDFW has been raising Chum in the Hood Canal and Skokomish hatchery which are situated at the lower, southern hook area of the canal.
		The bridge is the boundary between WDFW marine area 9 and 12.
		They will be contained in the canal, as this water body is a long and narrow section and they can not stray, plus they are heading south to the hatcheries and home.
	www.steelhead-salmon-fishing.com /hood_canal_chum.htm (2308 words)

	WSDOT Plans Hood Canal Bridge Test Openings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		HOOD CANAL - The testing of hundreds of electrical circuits on the Hood Canal Bridge will force scheduled test openings of the span each weekday at 3:30pm for the next two weeks.
		The electric circuit tests are being used to develop "as built" drawings for the Hood Canal Bridge's electrical control systems.
		The daily openings will be used to ensure the bridge's performance is in tact after each day's work.
	www.edcjc.com /bridge/hcbtest.html (116 words)

	Hood Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hood Canal, is a fjord off Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington, with an average width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km) and an average depth of 500 feet (152 m).
		Hood Canal was named "Hood's Channel" by Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver for Admiral Lord Samuel Hood on May 13, 1792.
		Hood Canal is spanned by the Hood Canal Bridge, the third longest floating bridge in the world at 6,521 feet (1,988 m).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hood_Canal (446 words)

	Galloping Gertie and Other Famous Washington Bridges
		The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed before my cinema eyes in a 42-mile-per-hour wind on November 7, 1940 that produced torsional oscillations which brought the bridge to an end - four months after she was built to span the Tacoma Narrows.
		In 1992 the remains of the bridge remaining in the deep were added to the National Register of Historic Places to protect that piece of Washington State History.
		Two side-by-side bridges form the I-90 Interstate bridge crossing Lake Washington, another is the Highway 520 Albert D. Rossellini Bridge crossing Lake Washington and the fourth is the Hood Canal Bridge crossing Hood Canal which also saw a fateful crash into Hood Canal waters in a strong wind.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/washington_state/32018 (572 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Ancient village, graveyard torn apart by bridge project
		The Hood Canal Bridge project will replace the eastern half of the bridge, which is nearing the end of its useful life.
		At risk is the state's ability to replace the eastbound lanes of the Hood Canal Bridge, a critical project, state officials say, that is more than a year behind schedule.
		To some, the surprise isn't that the bridge project is delayed, but that it has gone as far as it has.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002096920_graves21m.html (2897 words)

	Cases Associated with a Parcel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		West half retro-fit and east half replacement of the Hood Canal Bridge anticipated in 2006.
		To construct the East half of the Hood Canal Bridge to current design standards and to make improvements to the remainder of the structure.
		After crossing the Hood Canal, the cable will be tied in with existing aerial systems.
	www.co.jefferson.wa.us /commdevelopment/PPQuery/cm.asp?value=HOODCANAL (1241 words)

	kitsapsun.com: Local
		Pontoons for the Hood Canal floating bridge are being fabricated at the Port of Tacoma by Kiewit-General, a Poulsbo company.
		It’s the first major concrete work done in the effort to renovate and rebuild the east span of the Hood Canal Bridge that joins Jefferson and Kitsap counties.
		A six- to eight-week closure of the bridge is expected in May and June of 2009 when the 14 new and three retrofitted pontoons are installed.
	www.kitsapsun.com /bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_4660156,00.html (712 words)

	Access Washington- State News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		OLYMPIA -- Rep. Beverly Woods says the state transportation secretary and key managers of the Washington State Department of Transportation project to replace the Hood Canal Floating Bridge's east half should be subject to disciplinary action for decisions that have blown the project $195 million over budget and delayed its completion three years.
		The Hood Canal bridge project is important to Woods not only because of her committee leadership role but because the bridge represents one of two highways connecting her Kitsap Peninsula legislative district to the mainland.
		For Woods, the Hood Canal bridge audit results amount to strike three when it comes to Democrat and WSDOT attitudes toward the management of transportation revenue.
	access.wa.gov /leg/2006/Jul/n200663_5789.aspx (727 words)

	Hood Canal
		But first you’ll be treated to some spectacular views of the lower Hood Canal looking eastward from a vantage point like no other in the area.
		This area of the Hood Canal is a raptor alley of sorts and you never know what you’ll see if you sit in one spot a few moments.
		You never know and you can never count of anything other than the fact that this is an opportune time to leave 101 and head for the Hood Canal Bridge on yet another series of tree farm roads that will provide tasty twisties and stunning views.
	www.soundrider.com /archive/rides/hood_canal.htm (923 words)

	SPEC1009 Hood Canal Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This bridge is built on 4 pontoon sections and can easily be towed to any location in the Pacific Ocean or adjoining waters.
		An alternative use of the bridge would be as a platform for a fish farm company to anchor out.
		It may also be possible to run a processing plant directly from the bridge.
	www.frenchcreekboatsales.com /Custom/Spec1009_hood_canal_bridge/spec1009_hood_canal_bridge.asp (325 words)

	Welcome to News From Indian Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Washington state on Dec. 21 ended all work at the Hood Canal Bridge construction yard in Port Angeles where hundreds of Indian remains have been discovered at the site of a centuries-old village.
		In a written statement, the state Department of Transportation said it would look for a new site for making bridge pontoons and anchors needed to rebuild much of the existing floating bridge across Hood Canal, 50 miles away.
		Mullen said the state simply couldn’t find a way to get the bridge rebuilt in a reasonable time and without huge overruns while respecting the needs of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to find and honor their ancestors.
	www.indiancountrynews.com /fullstory.cfm?ID=151 (768 words)

	Pleasant Harbor marina, hood canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The east end of the Hood Canal Floating Bridge has a vertical clearance of 55 feet.
		While the bridge can be opened for larger vessels, it is not manned and you must call (360) 779-3233 to arrange an opening.
		For safety, if you have passed under the western end of the bridge, turn eastward at once and run to the middle of the bridge before turing south in to Hood Canal.
	www.pleasantharbormarina.com /directions.html (588 words)

	Motorcycle Touring: Hood Canal Loop, Washington
		Not many people talk about the Hood Canal in motorcycle circles so it is with pleasure that we bring you this tip on one of the best scenic rides in the area.
		Take it easy crossing over the Hood Canal bridge and beware of cross winds on the bridge.
		The canal is popular with them and is also hosts to numerous clammers and growers, boaters, swimmers and Kayakers.
	www.soundrider.com /archive/rides/hoodcanal.htm (386 words)

	traffic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This operation will likely require opening the Hood Canal Bridge daily for marine traffic carrying the aggregate.
		Because maritime traffic has legal priority over vehicles the bridge MUST open when requested to do so by a vessel Captain.
		State officials have confirmed that bridge opening will be approved upon request without question.
	www.hoodcanalcoalition.org /traffic.html (106 words)

	CDNN :: Hood Canal Diver Killed
		Hood Canal scuba diver killed while installing anchor buoys
		HOOD CANAL, Washington (12 Apr 2003) -- The victim of a fatal commercial scuba diving accident Saturday near the Hood Canal bridge has been identified as a Lacey man who owned and operated his own commercial diving service.
		Stamper said Williams was working with three other team members to drill a series of holes in the floor of Hood Canal from which to anchor buoys.
	www.cdnn.info /industry/i030414/i030414.html (327 words)

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