Destination Point Defiance

Date: 2016-2019
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Description

Point Defiance Park is one of the largest urban parks in the United States. The Destination Point Defiance project improves park facilities and expands accesses to the waterfront. Washington Rock provided materials for a rail bypass, the zoo, and the breakwater peninsula. The bypass reroutes passenger trains away from the shoreline while the breakwater peninsula adds 11 acres of new park land. The zoo is replacing its aquarium, renovating two exhibits, and building a new Environmental Learning Center. Read about the latest updates on the Metro Parks Tacoma website. Check out our feature story about the Dune Peninsula project.

Materials

Dune Peninsula
29,400 tons of Quarry Spalls
9,000 tons of various Crushed Rock Materials
8,000 tons of Landscape Rock
5,000 tons of Gravel Borrow
1,800 tons of various Drain Rock Materials
400 tons of Pea Gravel
530 tons of Fish Rock
30 tons of Sand

Rail Bypass
100,000 tons of Type 4A Rail Ballast
81,000 tons of 1¼" Minus
3,600 tons of Type 5 Rail Ballast
2,000 tons of Quarry Spalls
1,200 tons of Gravel Borrow and Backfill
150 tons of Sand

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
1600 tons of Fairway Top Dressing Sand
40 tons of various Crushed Rock Products
40 tons of various Drain Rock Products

Highlights

Washington Rock has delivered approximately 54,000 tons of material for Dune Peninsula; 188,000 tons of material for the bypass project; and 2,000 tons of material for the zoo and aquarium project. The entire perimeter of Dune Peninsula is fortified with our rock. The News Tribune and KNKX podcast Sound Effect featured stories about plans for Point Defiance Park. Progress on the project was featured in a televised King 5 News story.