x-GN-BRIDGE-construction-lk-ne-WEB copy June 10, 2017 1200 × 629 Seattle Now & Then: Ballard Beginnings Work on the GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD’S bridge built before the Chittenden Locks that took over the GN’s old right-of-way along the Ballard waterfront during the Canal’s construction, 1911 – 1917.