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Working on the dock in the bay

Published 1:30 am Friday, February 16, 2024

By Staff report

Steve Powell/Kitsap News Group Photos A big group of workers is tearing down the old ferry passenger overpass on Bainbridge Island as the new one at right is now operational.
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Steve Powell/Kitsap News Group Photos

A big group of workers is tearing down the old ferry passenger overpass on Bainbridge Island as the new one at right is now operational.

Steve Powell/Kitsap News Group Photos A big group of workers is tearing down the old ferry passenger overpass on Bainbridge Island as the new one at right is now operational.
The demolition of the old dock is not for the feint of heart as it’s quite a fall to the waters below.
Walk-on passengers line up for the next ferry inside the comforts of the new terminal.

Demolition of the old overhead passenger walkway is underway as the new $33 million route opened Feb. 5 on Bainbridge Island.

The project on the busiest walk-on passenger route in the Washington State Ferries system replaces an old wooden walkway with a wider, safer concrete and steel structure built to seismic code, the WSF website says. More than 3.2 million people used the walkway prior to the COVID pandemic, and since then numbers have been increasing.

Windows provide views of the area, rather than being enclosed as before. Windows can open in summer to cool the area. Windows also have markings to prevent bird strikes.

Benches and heaters are yet to be installed.

On the old pathway, timber and steel pilings will be removed, along with a concrete column in the water.

The old walkway is more than 50 years old and was not safe in an earthquake.

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