 the governor albert d. rosellini bridgeâevergreen point (formerly the evergreen point floating bridge, and commonly called the sr 520 bridge or 520 bridge) is a floating bridge in the u.s. state of washington that carries state route 520 across lake washington from the montlake/union bay district of seattle to medina. the bridge's total length is approximately .usgs map its wsdot - sr 520 bridge facts. washington state department of transportation. accessed 22 may 2011. floating section is the longest floating bridge on earth. the evergreen point of the bridge's original name is the westernmost of the three small eastside peninsulas that sr 520 crosses. (the other two are hunts point and yarrow point.) in 1988, it was renamed for the state's 15th governor, albert d. rosellini, who had advocated its construction. ==history==  the bridge was opened for commuter traffic on august 28, 1963, after three years of construction. it was built as a four-lane toll bridge to provide easy access from seattle to eastside communities such as bellevue, kirkland, and redmond. the total cost of the bridge, in 1961 dollars, was $21 million (at least $127 million in 2011 dollars{{cite web |url=http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/ |title=seven ways to compute the relative value of a u.s. dollar amount - 1774 to present
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