GOING UP

ROV hospconst 01 - A worker cut metal studs to form walls for the new Bellevue Hospital which is being built on the West side of Bellevue, this will replace the old one when construction is completed. Allan Detrich/The Blade Enlarge

A worker cuts metal studs to hold walls for the new Bellevue Hospital being built on a 32-acre site at County Road 302 and U.S. 20 two miles west of downtown Bellevue. The 85-bed facility, under construction since June, will replace the 67-bed hospital on Northwest Street that opened in 1917. The new hospital is to be completed in April, 2005.