South King County bridges remain in the news, after the reopening of the Kummer Bridge over the Green River following a month-long closure, plus the six weeks prior when it was reduced to one lane.

The SR-410 White River Bridge shut down on Aug. 18 when it was struck by an over-height vactor truck. WSDOT contractor crews worked seven days a week to repair the extensive damage, and it reopened Friday, October 17.

Both the Green and White Rivers are of similar length, about 65 miles long from their source to the Auburn valley floor. Historically, the Green and White Rivers joined together in Auburn, then flowed north through Kent and Renton until uniting with the Black River to form the Duwamish, which empties into Seattle’s Elliot Bay. For over a decade at the turn of the 20 th century,

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