Here is a picture from late Saturday afternoon, driving due west across Lake Washington on the State Route 520 Floating Bridge into the sun. It was a beautiful day, with blue sky and 83 F (28 C) temperatures. (Yes, yes – I shouldn’t take pictures while driving with my cell phone, and I really do NOT touch my phone as a rule while driving).
I’m on the far left in this panoramic picture from Wikipedia (search for Evergreen Point Floating Bridge). In 1989, an electrical fault caused the draw span to open during rush hour, causing one death and five injuries. In 2000, a gravel barge struck the bridge, closing it for eleven days and causing $500,000 worth of damage. The bridge is actually nearing the end of its useful life and is scheduled for replacement by 2014 after a lot of political wrangling over how to go about it, and Microsoft weighing in as well. (The Microsoft campus is on the east side of the bridge in a town called Redmond).
