Interstate 90 highway crosses Lake Washington on the second longest floating bridge on Earth. Formerly known as the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, the original two-way, four-lane bridge was designed and constructed of reinforced concrete. First envisioned in 1930, the construction began January 1, 1939 and was completed in 1940.
Formally named the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, the bridge’s namesake was the second Director of the Washington State Highway Department and a highly decorated US Air Force officer who served in World War II. The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge is the second longest floating bridge on Earth at 6,620 ft (2,020 m). After 23 years it became the second longest floating bridge with construction of the longer Evergreen Point Floating Bridge just a few miles to the north. The State of Washington has the first, second, and third longest floating bridges in the world. The third longest is the Hood Canal Floating Bridge about 30 miles (48 km) to the northwest of Seattle on the Olympi
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