It has been a busy start to 2023 for us here at V+M Structural Design… including the Foothills Trail White River Pedestrian Bridge going to construction! The questions from the contractor to our designers have ramped up as part of our construction support services role for King County Parks. The official groundbreaking was January 18, 2023.
The V+M Team designed this long-awaited pedestrian bridge over the White River that will connect existing trails to allow people to walk and roll along a 22-mile path from Enumclaw to Puyallup. This arch bridge will have spans measuring 172, 172, and 227 feet and is designed to carry both trail users and emergency vehicles. Our design reuses two one-hundred-year-old highway bridge piers (that will be seismically upgraded) which demonstrates that we are not afraid to tackle engineering challenges in our commitment to lessen our impact on the environment.
Do check out the V+M bridge renderings in the local Enumclaw newspaper (or zoom in on the photo above)!