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Seattle's Aging Infrastructure Outliving Intended Lifespan

Paving the Fairview Avenue trestle, 1924
Flickr Photo/Seattle Municipal Archives (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Paving the Fairview Avenue trestle, 1924

Ross Reynolds speaks with civil engineer Steve Muench about the state of city and state-owned transportation infrastructure in Seattle. Also, John Buswell, road structures manager for the Seattle Department of Transportation, talks about the Fairview Avenue North bridge, Seattle's last remaining bridge built on timber supports.