The project was later scaled back to remove the roundabout at Badger Road and the widened roadway beyond southern Lynden due to a projected increase in land and construction costs. Construction of the second phase began in March 2008 under a $54 million contract awarded by WSDOT that included a new bridge over the Nooksack River and widening of four other bridges. The new Nooksack River span, a steel truss bridge carrying two lanes of southbound traffic, began construction in April 2009. To avoid placing piers in the river, the each half of the bridge was built from the shore and joined together in September. It was the first truss bridge to be built in Washington state since the completion of a span over the Snake River on U.S. Route 12 east of Pasco in 1986. The bridge opened to traffic on February 9, 2010, days before the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics.