New overpass is taking shape
By Terry Murry on Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
PASCO – The first steel girders have been placed on the Lewis Street Overpass project in downtown Pasco. Slated for fall 2023 completion, the project will join Second Avenue on the west to Oregon Avenue on the east.
Improvements include the construction of a 625-foot, four- span concrete overpass over the BNSF Railway yard and a 70-foot single span structure over First Avenue. Additional roadway improvements include the construction of 3,000 feet of two-lane urban street and intersection improvements at First Avenue, Tacoma Street, and Main Avenue.
The project also includes abandoning the existing 80-year-old Lewis Street underpass structure by backfilling and partial removal. Other work includes landscaping, storm facilities, illumination, water, and sewer.
The $32.6 million project received $24.4 million in state funding, $3.4 million in federal funding, and $8.4 million in local funding.
