Carries I‑90 Material Steel Locale Mercer Island | Design Box girder bridge Carry Interstate 90 in Idaho | |
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Crosses East Channel of Lake Washington Opened Westbound span: 1981 Eastbound span: 1988 | ||
The East Channel Bridge is a bridge carrying Interstate 90 from Mercer Island, Washington, to Bellevue, Washington, over the East Channel of Lake Washington, which separates Mercer Island from the rest of the Eastside.
The original bridge was opened November 10, 1923, and was the first bridge to reach the island. George Lightfoot, known as the "father" of the other bridge on Mercer Island, the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, had the charge of opening the bridge for boats. In 1940, it was demolished and replaced. Currently, two parallel bridges carry I-90 traffic at this location. A steel box girder bridge, built in 1981, carries westbound I-90 traffic. Another steel box girder bridge, built in 1988, carries eastbound I-90 traffic.
In popular culture
This bridge is featured in World in Conflict in the map, as_bridge. During the course of the single player campaign, the bridge must be held against invading Soviet forces. It is later destroyed to hinder the Soviet advance from Seattle.