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Originally published Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 12:51 PM

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South Park Bridge comes down in August; another $15M designated

Demolition will begin in August on the old South Park Bridge, which was closed to traffic June 30.

Demolition will begin in August on the old South Park Bridge, which was closed to traffic June 30.

The drawspans will be removed first by mid-September, before Muckleshoot fishing activity begins in the Duwamish River.

The foundation and both ends of the road deck will be removed some time between 2011 and 2013, said Frank Abe, spokesman for King County Executive Dow Constantine.

Board members of the Puget Sound Regional Council voted Thursday to use $15 million of the region's federal highway money to remove the 79-year-old crossing, which served industries and a working-class residential neighborhood on the south fringe of Seattle.

The new money raises the total proposed and approved funds to $98 million, of the $131 million needed to remove and replace the bridge.

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