World's Longest Floating Bridge -- Evergreen Pt.
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The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge – now formally known as the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge—Evergreen Point is the longest floating bridge on Earth at 2,285 metres (7,497 ft) and carries a daily traffic of 115,000 cars between Seattle and the residences/offices located east of Lake Washington. One of the area’s largest employers, Microsoft, is located east of Lake Washington. The result is an unusual occurrence of traffic congestion in both directions for both the morning and afternoon commutes.
Following 3 years of construction, the bridge was opened in 1963. Today it is a four-lane toll bridge providing easy access from Seattle to Eastside communities such as Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond. The Evergreen Point of the bridge's original name is the westernmost of the three small Eastside peninsulas that SR-520 crosses. (The other two are Hunts Point and Yarrow Point.)
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- 520 Floating Bridge in Seattle, WA