Cutting a ribbon today to celebrate the opening of the Redmond Technology Station Bridge are, from left, Redmond City Council Vice President Jessica Forsythe, Redmond City Councilmember Melissa Stuart, Former Redmond Mayor John Marchione, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Microsoft Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Vice President Alice Jolla, Redmond Mayor Angela Birney, Redmond City Council President Vanessa Kritzer, Redmond City Councilmember Osman Salahuddin, and King County Councilmember and Sound Transit board member Claudia Balducci.
Cutting a ribbon today to celebrate the opening of the Redmond Technology Station Bridge are, from left, Redmond City Council Vice President Jessica Forsythe, Redmond City Councilmember Melissa Stuart, Former Redmond Mayor John Marchione, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Microsoft Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Vice President Alice Jolla, Redmond Mayor Angela Birney, Redmond City Council President Vanessa Kritzer, Redmond City Councilmember Osman Salahuddin, and King County Councilmember and Sound Transit board member Claudia Balducci.
The city of Redmond, Sound Transit, and Microsoft this morning celebrated the opening of the new Redmond Technology Station Bridge that connects to Sound Transit’s Redmond Technology light rail station, the State Route 520 transit flyer stop, a regional bike trail, and Microsoft’s west and east campuses.
“This bridge will be a great benefit to the community and connect us in a number of sustainable ways, with lanes for those who want to walk and ride their bikes,” Redmond Mayor Angela Birney said in a news release. “It is thanks to our partnerships with Microsoft, Sound Transit, and WSDOT that we have this new, not only functional, but beautiful connection to enjoy.”
The bridge spanning SR 520 was designed by Aecom and engineered by Kiewit Engineering Group Inc. It features functional canopies, landscaped planters with native plants, and benches.
“The Redmond Technology Station will be a hub for transit passengers and Microsoft workers throughout the Eastside,” King County Executive and Sound Transit Board Chair Dow Constantine added in the release.
The bridge’s ribbon-cutting follows the opening in January of the Overlake Village Pedestrian Bridge in Redmond. That bridge connects the Sound Transit light rail station at Overlake Village to the 520 Bike Trail across SR 520.
The bridges’ opening comes before this Saturday’s start of Link light rail service between the South Bellevue and the Redmond Technology stations. The 6.5-mile rail segment, part of Sound Transit’s 2 Line, will eventually connect to Seattle over Lake Washington. That link to the 1 Line in Seattle is expected to open in 2025. Meanwhile, an 8.5-mile extension of the 1 Line from Northgate Station to Lynnwood is scheduled to open Aug. 30.
Sound Transit has posted a list of special events planned Saturday for the opening of the 2 Line.
“Today’s grand opening is an important milestone in the effort to create a multimodal transportation system that supports the region’s economy and quality of life,” Alice Jolla, chief accounting officer and corporate vice president at Microsoft, said in today’s release. “This bridge is a symbol of Microsoft’s commitment to our local community, and we’re grateful for the collaboration with the City of Redmond, Sound Transit, and Washington State Department of Transportation.”
The 2 Line has influenced property developments along the Eastside since the project was approved by voters in 2008.
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