University Bridge is back open after it was stuck upright for two days
SEATTLE - The University Bridge opened Sunday morning after it was stuck in the upright position since Friday morning.
Crews with the Seattle Department of Transportation worked to repair damaged electrical equipment that caused the University Bridge to remain in an upright position.
The bridge became stuck Friday morning.
With two large events Saturday afternoon, SDOT strongly encouraged people to take transit, walk, or bike to the University of Washington football game and the Kraken game.
On Saturday, Seattle Council member Alex Pedersen released a statement that read in part, "After the devastating closure of the West Seattle Bridge and the citywide audit of bridges I ordered last year, City Hall should not need additional evidence to do more for bridge safety, but I'm hopeful the sudden closure of the University Bridge – blocking buses, freight, commuters, bikes, and pedestrians -- finally propels our Seattle Department of Transportation to expedite how it addresses our aging bridge infrastructure. After a year of debate and delay to prioritize Seattle's bridge network, I'm eager to have a majority of City Council finally approve later this month my long-standing proposal to authorize a boost of funds needed to fix our aging bridges."
西雅图华盛顿大学桥被卡住两天后重新开放
西雅图 - 大学桥自周五早上以来一直处于直立状态，周日早上开放。
西雅图交通部的工作人员致力于修复导致大学桥保持直立状态的损坏电气设备。
星期五早上，这座桥被卡住了。
周六下午举办了两场大型活动，SDOT 强烈鼓励人们乘坐公交、步行或骑自行车前往华盛顿大学橄榄球比赛和 Kraken 比赛。
周六，西雅图市议员亚历克斯·佩德森 (Alex Pedersen) 发表了一份声明，其中部分内容是：“在西西雅图大桥毁灭性关闭以及我去年下令对全市范围内的桥梁进行审计之后，市政厅不需要额外的证据来为桥梁安全做更多工作，但我希望大学桥的突然关闭——阻止公共汽车、货运、通勤者、自行车和行人——最终推动我们的西雅图交通部加快解决我们老化的桥梁基础设施的问题。经过一年的辩论和延迟为了优先考虑西雅图的桥梁网络，我渴望在本月晚些时候得到市议会的大多数人的最终批准，我长期以来的提议是授权增加修复老化桥梁所需的资金。”
