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Geofoam blocks cover the ground between Third and Fourth Avenue S. in Seattle's SODO neighborhood. WSDOT is using Geofoam as a fill material to support the reconstruction of Third Avenue S., and the Royal Brougham Way bridge and a new pedestrian plaza.

WSDOT SR 519 Geofoam Photos on Flickr

September 7, 2011 rockman Comments Off

I came across these great photos of geofoam use on the WSDOT SR 519 project which has been in service over a year now. They needed geofoam fill on the east and west bridge approaches […]