Tag: foothills trail

September 27, 2024

Saturday: Foothills Trail bridge opens, connecting King and Pierce Counties across the White River

Celebrate the opening of the new 572-foot bridge over the White River that will connect King and Pierce Counties via the Foothills Trail Saturday. The celebration begins 11 a.m. Saturday (September 28) on the Buckley side of the bridge. The Foothills Coalition, parks departments in both counties, and the cities of Enumclaw and Buckley are…
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tagged: buckley, enumclaw, foothills trail, king county parks, pierce county parks, white river bridge
August 6, 2024

Pierce County plans to replace closed Foothills Trail bridge by summer 2025

Pierce County hopes to design and construct a permanent replacement for the Spiketon Ditch Bridge on the Foothills Trail by summer 2025. The existing bridge was closed in November 2023 after an inspection found major structural degradation, and further inspections were so concerning that the county declared it an emergency safety concern and demolished it…
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tagged: foothills trail, pierce county, spiketon ditch bridge, wsdot
June 4, 2024

Pierce County approves demolition of damaged Spiketon Ditch Bridge, leaves gap in Foothills Trail indefinitely

Bridge inspectors who checked out the Foothills Trail’s Spiketon Ditch Bridge last November must have seen something very scary because Pierce County not only closed the old rail bridge immediately after the inspection, they declared it an emergency and will tear it down this month. “The bridge is stressed under its own weight and any…
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tagged: foothills trail, pierce county, pierce county parks, spiketon ditch bridge, white river bridge
December 11, 2017

Goldberg: Find a peaceful, relaxing ride on South King County and Pierce County trails

EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Eli Goldberg and Bob Edmiston for this ride report. Their guide was written before the opening of the South Prairie to Buckley connection that wrapped up construction last week. So if you want to be one of the first people to ride that new trail section, here’s a guide for how…
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tagged: bob edmiston, buckley, eli goldberg, foothills trail, puyallup, south prairie
October 24, 2014

Pierce County will condemn properties needed to complete the Foothills Trail missing link

The Pierce County Council has started the process of condemning about an acre of property needed to complete a key section of the Foothills Trail more than 25 years after work on the trail began, The News Tribune reports. The move comes after property owners refused to negotiate a fair price with the county, according…
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tagged: buckley, enumclaw, foothills trail, pierce county, pierce county council, puyallup, south prairie
March 13, 2014

Supreme Court decision could impact several WA trails, but most should be safe

The US Supreme Court handed down a nearly-unanimous decision this week that could spell trouble for some Washington State rail-trails, including parts of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail and the Foothills Trail. But contrary to some early reports, the reach of the decision is limited to only certain federally-granted rail corridors. Most of the state…
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tagged: blake trask, foothills trail, john wayne pioneer trail, rails to trails, us supreme court, washington bikes