MARCH 29, 8:20 p.m. UPDATE

Normandy Park photographer Brett Fish said the Sylvester Bridge opened some time this morning or early afternoon.

"I drove across it, both directions," said Fish, who lives right by the new structure.

The Normandy Police Department is grateful the new bridge is up.

"I think everybody's happy that it's up and looks good," Assistant Police Chief of Normandy Park Chris Gaddis told the Highline Times today. He becomes the interim Police Chief Sunday when Chief Rick Kieffer officially retires.

"The nice thing for the police department is we can respond to things a heck of a lot easier than having to go up through Burien," added Gaddis. "That main arterial Sylvester Road cut-off made an impact on us for sure.

"We're going to want to make sure people are driving across it safely, and we want to keep it clean from graffiti," he said. "The construction crew did a great job. I think they put it up pretty darn fast. They had high hopes, I think, of getting done by December but we had a horrible winter with rain and snow. With all the drawbacks I think they did a great job."

"We are pleased to announce on behalf of the City of Normandy Park that Sylvester Road SW is reopened and construction of the new bridge is complete," said DeAnna Martin, Community Relations Planner, King County Department of Transportation. "There will be intermittent lane closures in the coming weeks as power lines are relocated by Puget Sound Energy. We appreciate people's patience in dealing with the inconvenience of a detour and the affects of construction over the last 10 months and wish the community well as life returns to normal."

Martin added that nothing official is planned at this point to commemorate the bridge.

"Everyone wants to make sure everything is complete and any special event would have to be coordinated with City of Normandy Park," she said.

We will let our readers know if something is in the works.