Tag: deep bore tunnel

July 25, 2014

Northbound bike lane on Dexter will be closed 8 days starting Monday

Just in from WSDOT: The state will close the northbound bike lane on Dexter at Harrison Street for eight days starting Monday morning. The crunch is so the state can relocate utilities for the Highway 99 tunnel (that may or may not ever be completed). Details from WSDOT: To make room for SR 99 tunnel…
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tagged: construction, deep bore tunnel, dexter, highway 99 north portal, 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
April 11, 2014

Work on Hwy 99 tunnel ramps will close Dexter bike lanes + Is this a chance to extend the redesign?

The state is set to start utility relocation work to prepare the area between South Lake Union and Lower Queen Anne for the Highway 99 tunnel’s new on and off ramps. That means crews need to dig up parts of Dexter Ave between Mercer and Thomas Streets starting next week. “A bicycle lane will be…
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tagged: aurora, construction, deep bore tunnel, dexter, highway 99 north portal, laura newborn, lower queen anne, south lake union, 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
January 23, 2014

We can do better things with our new downtown tunnel

WSDOT was able to bore a little further than 1,000 feet before Bertha ground to a halt, 60 feet below downtown Seattle. That was December 6. A month and three weeks later, the tunnel boring machine has not moved an inch. That got me thinking: Maybe this is a blessing. Since it’s pretty much certain…
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tagged: bertha, deep bore tunnel, sr 99
April 2, 2013

Arrival of pointless and expensive SR 99 tunnel boring machine will close Alaskan Way Trail intermittently

With the arrival of Bertha—the machine that will dig the pointless and extravagantly expensive SR 99 car tunnel under downtown—users of the Alaskan Way Trail through Pioneer Square should be prepared for intermittent closures and delays as WSDOT moves the obscenely misguided use of public funds into place. Alert from WSDOT: Update to bicycle community…
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tagged: construction, deep bore tunnel, sr 99, wsdot