Logs are anchored to a bed of river rocks with thick metal wire. Boats can be seen floating in a bay in the middle distance. A man fishes at the edge of a rocky shoreline. Another man and a dog can be seen walking the shoreline in the background. In the distance are boathouses and boats. Hunks of quarried rock cover the shoreline of a park that is being constructed. A bay and two bridges rock can be seen in the distance. Kayakers stand at the edge of a rocky beach and prepare to launch into the bay. Two blue, wheelchair-accessible mats can be seen in the foreground on the rocky beach, one lying perpendicular on top of the other. Hunks of quarried rock line a construction entrance leading into a bayside park that is under construction. Yellow Adirondack-style steel chairs are clustered together on a gravel patio. Smooth concrete benches, shaped to look like stones, are installed nearby. The sitting area looks down a terraced area toward Portage Bay below. Gravel surrounds and abuts the legs of yellow steel chairs. Only the front legs and lower parts of the chairs are visible. Hunks of quarried rock line a construction entrance leading out of bayside park that is under construction. The bay and two bridges can be seen in the distance. Yellow Adirondack-style steel chairs are clustered together on a gravel patio. Smooth concrete benches, shaped to look like stones, are installed nearby. The sitting area looks down a terraced area toward Portage Bay below. University Bridge can be seen in the distance. Woven netting flows over the top of a log and on to an area of small river rocks. A child walks on a rocky beach. Only the child's feet are visible. An aerial view shows five kayaks lined up next to each other at the edge of a rocky beach. The kayaks jut out into the water of Portage Bay. An aerial view shows kayakers launching their kayaks from a rocky beach on the edge of a park.

Hedges Waterway Park

Date: October 2018-November 2019
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Description

Fritz Hedges Waterway Park is a 3.5-acre park located near the University of Washington on Portage Bay. The park includes a pier, kayak launch point, beach, lawn space, terraces, and gravel patios with seating and sculptures. Washington Rock provided materials to contractor Orion Marine Contractors.

Materials

13,400 tons of City of Seattle Type 17 Aggregate (Gravel Borrow)
2,200 tons of Fish Mix
1,200 tons of City of Seattle Type 2 Aggregate (CSBC)
1,200 tons of Light Loose Riprap
750 tons of Quarry Spalls, including a Custom Mix
500 tons of City of Seattle Type 9 Aggregate (Pea Gravel for Drainage Layer)
400 tons of City of Seattle Type 28 Aggregate (1" Drain Rock)
130 tons of 1½” Round River Rock (Drain Rock)
150 tons of City of Seattle Type 22 Aggregate (¾” Clean Crushed Gravel)
40 tons of Trail Gravel (Kapowsin Blue)
15 tons of 7/8" Drain Rock
15 tons of City of Seattle Type 1 Aggregate (CSTC)

Highlights

According to a Seattle Parks and Recreation press release, "The project provided extensive shoreline restoration and enhancement to support native species including juvenile salmon." Washington Rock produced a custom quarry spalls mix as well as a fish mix blend to meet the requirements of the project. In total, we provided 16 different products that met the City of Seattle's strict standards.

The park won a 2021 WASLA Merit Award in General Design, Public Ownership.

Read more about the park on the Fritz Hedges Waterway Park page. You can also check out the Seattle Parks and Rec press release.

"After" photos by Stuart Isett.

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