Tag: alaskan way viaduct

January 7, 2015

Seattle’s highway tunnel wins award! … for ‘Worst Highway Boondoggle’

Seattle is a city that is doing everything. Our city makes all the lists of places in the nation that are making smart decisions and getting results.* Best place to get a job? Made that list. Best new protected bike lanes? Made that list. Twice. Again. But here’s a recognition that few city and state…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, ed murray, nick licata, streetsblog, streetsie, tom rasmussen
December 8, 2014

Why Seattle should stop waiting for the tunnel and tear down the viaduct now

The megaproject to repair the delayed downtown highway megaproject has been delayed. Again. The tunnel project team had their shot to build the tunnel before the viaduct was torn down. They blew it, and now the viaduct is sinking beyond previously-stated safe limits. We can no longer wait for the tunnel. State and city leaders…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, jean godden, rebertha, wsdot
May 2, 2014

WSDOT opens bike path under new Atlantic St Overpass

The biking and walking trail under the newly-opened Atlantic Street Overpass is now open, fixing a confusing bike connection between E Marginal Way and the Alaskan Way Trail into downtown. When the overpass opened to traffic early this year, the bike path connection was not yet complete and many people voiced concerns that the new…
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tagged: alaskan way, alaskan way trail, alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, s atlantic st, sodo, wsdot
February 11, 2014

#ReturnBertha: Why we don’t need to finish the downtown tunnel highway

While we here at Seattle Bike Blog have been very much against the Highway 99 deep bore highway tunnel all along, it was mostly because it is too expensive for what we were going to get. Basically, by investing in transit, I-5 capacity and active transportation, we could tear down the viaduct and have no…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, bertha, deep bore tunnel, waterfront
September 27, 2013

Reader hit by car under viaduct not injured, but concerned about safety on temporary bikeway

Steve Greenberg was struck by a somebody he says made an illegal right turn on red across the temporary bikeway under the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The collision occurred Friday morning where King Street crosses under the viaduct. He was not injured and says he is not angry at the person who struck him, who rides…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, construction, injuries, steve greenberg
May 7, 2012

WSDOT extending viaduct construction cycle track (with video!)

If you commute along the waterfront or via the ferry, you have probably gotten used to the bike detour changing over and over again. Sometimes it’s a big improvement, but sometimes it’s not. Well, brace yourself for another big change starting Thursday as WSDOT makes some big changes from King Street to the Ferry Terminal,…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, construction, wsdot