Transportation

From tolls on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to improvements to roads causing traffic jams, Gig Harbor Now reporters stay on top of issues that affect getting where you’re going.

Southworth fast ferry offers alternative to driving to downtown Seattle

Aug 18, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

Driving around from Gig Harbor to Seattle and taking a fast ferry from Southworth are comparable in cost and time.

Culvert taking Purdy Creek under the Highway 302 spur.

Fish passage project to temporarily shift traffic on Highway 16

Aug 10, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

Work will begin soon on a 3-year effort to replace 44-year-old pipes that carry Purdy Creek under Highway 16. A third culvert will be replaced under the Highway 302 Spur in Purdy. And a complete closure of Highway 302 for the Little Minter Creek culvert project begins Thursday.

Port Orchard man dies in crash near Purdy

Jul 21, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

The 34-year-old man was a passenger in a car whose driver fell asleep and went into a ditch, according to the State Patrol.

Culvert projects starting next week will cause Highway 302 traffic disruptions

Jul 19, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Projects to replace fish-blocking culverts for Little Minter and Purdy creeks will bring alternating traffic, detours and lane shifting to Highway 302, the Highway 302 spur and Highway 16.

‘New’ Tacoma Narrows Bridge turns 15 years old

Jul 15, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

A crowd of 50,000 turned out on July 15, 2007, to celebrate the amazing engineering feat despite their chagrin about paying tolls for the next 30 years to pay for it.

County discusses Fox Island bridge replacement, repair project at community meeting

Jul 01, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

Islanders, who would be shouldering much of the cost of a new or renovated bridge, were most concerned about funding, but those details won’t be known until later.

Cruisers car club all about ‘making friends and having fun’

Jun 29, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

The big Cruise the Narrows car show is coming up Aug. 6 at Uptown Plaza. The club hosts many other events, including cruise-ins, club tours or just driving around town.

Heavy rain in recent months caused a small portion of Bergen Drive to sink, and multiple attempts to patch the roadway failed.

Borgen Boulevard repairs require weeklong closure of westbound lanes

Jun 16, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

All westbound lanes of Borgen Boulevard between Peacock Hill and Olympus Way will be closed for a week starting Friday, June 17, the city of Gig Harbor announced. During the closure, drivers will be detoured around the closure via Peacock Hill Avenue, North Harborview Drive, Burnham Drive and Harbor Hill Drive. The emergency closure of