My Everett News

If you haven’t traveled the new Broadway Bridge over the railroad tracks between Hewitt and California streets at night lately you’re in for a surprise. Testing is almost done on the lighting feature over the bridge. Here’s a quick video to give you an idea of what it looks like. Ryan Sass with the City […]

The Broadway bridge over the railroad tracks between Hewitt and California opened this afternoon three months ahead of schedule. The northbound lanes opened shortly after 2:00 PM with the southbound lanes opening about 45 minutes later. Crews closed the Broadway Bridge to traffic on Jan. 30, 2015 while they demolished and replaced the 102-year-old bridge […]

While not part of the official detour of the Broadway Bridge replacement project many people still use the intersection of California and Broadway in downtown Everett. That option officially ends Monday as crews take over that entire area. Here’s the official word from Marla Carter at the City of Everett. Utility contractor crews will close […]

It took less than three weeks for crews to remove the Broadway bridge over the railroad tracks between Hewitt and California in downtown Everett. Work now begins on construction of the replacement span. That job is expected to be completed sometime in early 2016. City engineering officials say the detours around the construction zone are […]

The detour signs are in place, cameras have been activated and so far the closure of the Broadway Bridge in downtown Everett is going smoothly. As we’ve been reporting for a while, the bridge will be shut down until sometime in early 2016 for replacement. Why the lengthy closure? There are several reasons. Primarily having […]

Won’t be long now before the City of Everett shuts down Broadway over the railroad tracks between Hewitt and California to replace the aging bridge. As part of the official detour route the city has made changes to Cedar street between Hewitt and Everett Avenue. Those changes include adding two lanes northbound on Cedar between […]

At more than 100 years old the bridge over the railroad track on Broadway between Hewitt and California is long overdue for replacement. While plans have been in the works for some time the City of Everett says it will still be a while before the bridge is replaced. Here’s the latest update issued by […]