WSDOT has been installing high-occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV lanes) on SR 16 as part of a Pierce County HOV system, scheduled for completion by 2022 [REF].
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which carries SR 16 across the Tacoma Narrows between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula, was first proposed by locals during the late 19th century and credited to local rancher John G. Shindler while traveling through the Narrows by steamboat in 1888 [REF].