The Mercer Island Floating Bridge

All apologies to the Big Unit, Randy Johnson (the Big Eunuch as my mom thought he was called), I don't have any photos him, so we must go in another direction.

But before we do, congrats on 300 Wins. Now in a new direction, speaking of new directions, on this day in 1940, drivers on the Sunset Highway could cross Lake Washington on the Mercer Island Floating Bridge and then on to Issaquah, instead of heading down Rainier Ave to Empire Way to Sunset once in Renton and from there on to Issaquah. The completion of this bridge is probably one of the most important accomplishments in the history of Western Washington and King County. It created the east side suburbs and opened the region to serious economic development. Without Homer Hadley's bridge design who knows what the east side of Lake Washington would look like today. So tonight our I-90 floating bridges, the Homer Hadley on the left and the Lacey V. Murrow on the right.

Note: The original Mercer Island Bridge, did sink during a miserable late fall storm in 1990. Tonight's picture features the new bridge. The old bridge had wonderful street lamps.

Dan