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Bid Date/Time: June 8, 11 a.m.

The Murray Morgan Bridge in Tacoma, Wash., is one of the few Waddell and Harrington vertical lift bridges operating in the western United States. The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The bridge has a total length of 1,760 feet. Its three sections are: the city approach, a multi-span steel girder structure built in 1913; the port approach, a multi-span concrete girder structure built in 1957; and a three-span steel truss over the Thea Foss Waterway with a center vertical lift span.

The bridge was originally named the 11th Street Bridge, but was renamed in honor of Morgan in 1997. Morgan, a Pacific Northwest historian, worked on the bridge in the 1950s.

The Washington State Department of Transportation closed the bridge in 2007 due to deterioration and structural deficiencies. WSDOT recently completed a project to replace the lift cables on the bridge so that it can be used by pedestrians and be lifted to accommodate marine traffic. The city intends to rehabilitate the bridge and reopen it to vehicular use.

The city is soliciting requests for qualifications from firms interested in submitting proposals to design and construct the rehabilitation of the Murray Morgan Bridge. The project is expected to completely restore vehicular traffic to the bridge without load restrictions, incorporate quality systems and materials, and have low operating and maintenance costs.

Work will include structural repairs, seismic retrofits, repair and replacement of mechanical systems, replacement of electrical systems, removal of cantilevered sidewalks, deck replacement, preparation and painting of the three truss spans, repairs to bridge piers, and other work. The estimated amount of the design/build contract is from $30 million to $37 million.

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