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    Pontoons
    Six more stability pontoons for the State Route 520 bridge floated out of Tacoma July 27. A WSDOT engineer looks on as the T-pontoon squeezes between pontoons in the casting basin. The T-pontoon, specially built for these pontoons, removes the supplemental stability pontoons from the casting basin in pairs. (PHOTO COURTESY WSDOT)
    WSDOT: SR-520 pontoon repairs top $70M
    July 31, 2013 1:33 pm

    The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and its contractors have reached agreements on the cost of repairing four pontoons…

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    Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland (center) speaks during the float-out event held on Monday at the Concrete Technology Corp. site in Tacoma. She was joined by Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy (left) and Washington State Department of Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond (right). (PHOTO COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION)
    More Tacoma-built SR-520 pontoons head to Seattle this...
    January 28, 2013 1:50 pm

    Washington State Department of Transportation crews began float-out of the second cycle of six supplemental pontoons for the new State…

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    On Friday, crews prepared for the float out of the first cycle of SR 520 pontoons in Tacoma The depth meter will tell crews how deep the water is in the basin and how deep the pontoon sits in the water.
    First SR 520 pontoons to float in Tacoma
    July 23, 2012 10:30 am

    The first six concrete pontoons to support a replacement State Route 520 bridge are ready to float out of a…

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