Senator Murray: “This new drawbridge system for the Salmon Bay Bridge will help commuters, trains, maritime traffic, and goods get where they need to go—and help our economy and communities thrive.”
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Salmon Bay Bridge project will receive $25 million in federal funds to replace the drawbridge system through the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program.
The bridge is used by Sounder, Amtrak and freight trains and is critical to commercial and commuter travel in Western Washington. This grant follows Senator Murray’s letter of support to the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Salmon Bay Bridge grant application in July 2022.
“The Salmon Bay Bridge is absolutely critical to Washington state. Every single day, our residents and economy depend on the Salmon Bay Bridge being safe and reliable—that’s why I fought for critical funding for this project,” said Senator Murray.
“This new drawbridge system for the Salmon Bay Bridge will help commuters, trains, maritime traffic, and goods get where they need to go—and help our economy and communities thrive. This is a huge deal for Washington state, and I’ll keep pushing in the Senate and on the Appropriations Committee to bring federal funding back home for critical projects like the Salmon Bay Bridge,” continued Senator Murray.
Senator Murray has spent her career fighting to improve Washington state’s infrastructure. She was a key negotiator on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that passed last year and included $8 billion for INFRA grants and doubled the funding available for the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program. Senator Murray originally created the RAISE program (previously known as TIGER and BUILD) in 2009 and has been a longtime supporter of the program, most recently helping secure $7.5 billion for the RAISE program. The program is funded specifically via the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, which Senator Murray is a senior member of. Last month, Senator Murray announced nearly $100 million in RAISE grant funding for Washington state—the most that Washington state has ever received. She also led the fight to secure funding via the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for culverts to boost salmon recovery efforts in Washington state, funding for ferries, and bridge repair.
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