Associated Press
PORT GAMBLE — The Hood Canal floating bridge closes Friday for a six-week project to replace the older, eastern half of the bridge.
The Transportation Department says the $500 million project will secure the crossing between the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas.
The department has been urging travelers to prepare for the disruption.
Workers will replace pontoons and make other improvements on the older half of the bridge that opened in 1961. The west side of the bridge was replaced after it sank in a 1979 windstorm. It reopened in 1982.
The Transportation Department says the 8,869-foot long bridge is the longest floating bridge in the world over saltwater.
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