{"id":46183,"date":"2020-06-13T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kents-south-228th-street-overpass-could-be-done-in-early-2021\/"},"modified":"2020-06-13T13:53:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T20:53:32","slug":"kents-south-228th-street-overpass-could-be-done-in-early-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kents-south-228th-street-overpass-could-be-done-in-early-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent&#8217;s South 228th Street overpass could be done in early 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By early next year, drivers <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/xC111xbkvc3NGEKRA\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"map\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">along South 228th Street in Kent <\/a>should be able to use a new overpass to cross the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Crews continue to construct the approximately 1,400-foot long overpass between 72nd Avenue South and 76th Avenue South that will eliminate the need for vehicles to stop for trains. The project includes a 200-foot long bridge spanning the railroad and Interurban Trail.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At this point we are looking at the first quarter of 2021,&rdquo; said Mike Madfai, city engineering supervisor, in a June 9 email about the completion date. &ldquo;The contractor was delayed a few months due to a suspension because of COVID-19.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The estimated $40 million project is in the fifth and final stage of construction, Madfai said. It is about 60% complete. State, city and federal funds have covered most of the costs.<\/p>\n<p>The roadway will be four to five lanes wide with sidewalks on both sides. It will include new bicycle and pedestrian connections to the Interurban Trail.<\/p>\n<p>When done, the overpass will look similar to the BNSF Railway overpass along South 228th Street that was completed in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The grade separation will help provide a regional connection between Kent&rsquo;s large warehouse district and industrial center with the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport, according to city officials. It will also eliminate daily traffic delays and provide a safer route for freight haulers and commuters at the crossing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project spans the Union Pacific Railroad tracks <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":46184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-46183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46183"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=46183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}