168th St Bridge over Zornski???

Post by **Brad** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:28 am

168th St Bridge over Zornski???

Are there any plans to hurry up and widen 168th Street over Lake Zornski while the lake is completely empty. Â I drove by the other day and that is an incredible sight seeing that lake empty like that. Â Right now its narrow and the bike trail is really dangerous around that bridge. Â It would be nice to get a new wider/taller/longer bridge in place and remove those really bad blind spots in the bike trail were you can not only have a head on collision on your bike, but you will land in the water if you fall off...

chaoman45 · Post by **chaoman45** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:05 am

Whilst it would be nice, I haven't heard anything. Plus, it could burden traffic because they'd need to expand north and south of the bridge. With all the residential areas in close proximity, I could imagine it being a hectic commute on 168th if that happened.

omaja · Post by **omaja** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:22 pm

They'll need to do something eventually. Â My guess is they would build a new extension of the current bridge to the west with a new pedestrian/bicycle pathway as well. Â The southbound lanes would curve a little bit along the approach to line up with the new bridge, but it seems like it could be done.

168th Street is a mess for pretty much its entire length. Â It needs to be widened to four lanes all the way from Maple to Harrison.

chaoman45 · Post by **chaoman45** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:07 am

I agree, though I doubt they'd do it for the area between Pacific and Center.

omaja · Post by **omaja** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:23 am

Widening the whole thing is not a question of if, but when. Â You can see from satellite images that they already have most of the right of way set aside for the widening. Â A few retaining walls here and there will be needed, but nothing they haven't done before.