The Pont du Gard (shown above) crosses the Gardon River in Southern France. It was built in 63 B.C. – over 2,000 years ago. The new West Seattle Bridge was completed in 1984 – 36 years ago – and it’s already broken.
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2013 -- Grapeview Loop Road winds along a rural route toward an intersection with State Route 3, a busy highway in Mason County. As it approaches SR 3, the county road curves to the right, and becomes wide-mouthed at the intersection. This configuration essentially hides the Stop sign on the right in vegetation until a driver reaches a point only 84 feet back of the intersection.
Read MoreRarely, if ever, does the State admit that it was negligent in a dangerous highway design lawsuit. But in the case of then 15-year-old Skylar Seward who now suffers from quadriplegia, the State has done exactly that.
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The law is clear in Washington State: Our street and highway departments have a “duty to provide reasonably safe roads and this duty includes the duty to safeguard against an inherently dangerous or misleading condition.”
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