View of the Admiral Way bridges (north and south) in West Seattle. Photo: SDOT
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Summary:
Thanks to the voter-approved Levy to Move Seattle , we’ve upgraded over a dozen City-owned bridges to meet modern earthquake standards. We’ve made 6 upgrades just this year, with more on the way.
Since 2006, we’ve strengthened a total of 44 bridges all across Seattle as part of our bridge seismic program.
These bridge seismic upgrades are some of the final few big projects we’re completing thanks to the Levy to Move Seattle. We stopped collecting Levy to Move Seattle revenue at the end of 2024.
There’s more good news: we have a new Seattle Transportation Levy that will continue to invest in our transportation system, including the safety and reliabilit