b'At 780 feet long, the new pedestrian walkway is the TERMINALSSEA 13worlds longest bridge over an active taxi lane.addition of the walkway. While it ended up taking 11 days, itsI think we might experience some of our wait times going up nothing compared to the closure a tunnel would have required,because some passengers will stay up in the pedestrian walkway notes Stephen St. Louis, project manager for airside work at Port ofand marvel at the nearly 360-degree view as they cross over the Seattle. That would have crippled our operation for several months.bridge, he quips.The pedestrian walkway connects SEAs S Concourse to its newThe center span of the pedestrian walkway was assembled International Arrivals Facility in a stunning way. At 85 feet high andat SEAs North Airfield cargo hardstands. The two ends were 780 feet long, the bridge is the longest over an active taxi laneconstructed in-placeone on the S Concourse and the other on anywhere in the world, Lyttle reports. The views as you go acrossthe A Concourse. Seven different steel fabricators were used to the bridge are spectacular, he adds. Its a totally different type ofbuild all of the walkway components. Lyttle notes that building the experiencenot only in terms of efficiency, but also aesthetics.bridge safely and securely required continuous coordination with Looking south, passengers see Mount Rainier; and the Olympicthe Operations team. At one point during the project, airplanes Mountains are visible to the west. The northern view from thewere operating in a cul-de-sac-type situation. But we worked bridge features the Seattle skyline, and taxiing aircraft can beclosely with Operations, airlines and project teams to minimize the seen underneath. The bridge is phenomenal, Goedken remarks.impact, he reports. AirportImprovement.comMay | June 2022'