To Downtown Bremerton for the West Sound Safety and Health Expo

Today I parked the Bronco in Manette and took a walk across the Manette Bridge to Bremerton. The construction of the new bridge has now reached a point where the old bridge is permanently closed to vehicular traffic. Pedestrians and cyclists can still cross using the sidewalk. The new bridge is suppose to be opened in November.

My main purpose for going into downtown Bremerton was to go to the West Sound  Safety and Health Expo. This event is at the Convention Center and Boardwalk. This expo used to be within the confines of the Navy base and was intended for the Shipyard and Navy personal. But it has now partnered with the city of Bremerton and is open to the general public. It consists of many booths for health related products(chiropractors, massages, hearing evaluation, nutrition, etc) and safety equipment vendors(tools, fall protection, gloves, glasses, etc). I used to enjoy going to this when I was working, maybe because it was time out of the office. But today, it was still fun to see new gear, talk to the vendors and snag some free stuff.

 Some displays set up on the boardwalk. Most of the booths were in the convention center.

 The west end of the bridge. Some of the approach to the old bridge was cut back to allow completion of the new bridge.

 Most of the deck has been poured on the new bridge.

The eastern end. A roundabout is being built for this end to eliminated the old intersection.