Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program

CEG - Tue January 14, 2020

Emerald City Eyes Park to Replace Alaskan Way Viaduct

One year ago, the iconic Alaskan Way Viaduct was permanently closed, but soon the area will be converted into a 20-acre park featuring an overlook wall and public space. The entire park is expected to open in 2024 with the first part of the project at Pier 62, which is expected to open this spring....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 04, 2019

Crews Fill Battery Street Tunnel With Viaduct Rubble

Yet another project in Seattle's $3.3 billion Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program is under way. Crews began filling in the Battery Street Tunnel in early May with rubble from the demolished Alaskan Way Viaduct....

Lisa Baumann - Associated Press - Fri January 11, 2019

Seattle Highway Shutdown Spawns Hashtags, Dread

SEATTLE (AP) -- A major thoroughfare for commuters along downtown Seattle's waterfront is set to shut down for good Friday, ushering in what officials say will be one of the most painful traffic periods in the history of the booming Pacific Northwest city....

Washington Department of Transportation - Tue August 28, 2018

Prep Work Begins on Alaskan Way for Traffic Switch This Fall

Aug. 6 marked the beginning of an important project that must be completed before the Alaskan Way Viaduct can be removed. Crews working for Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. have begun the traffic signal, striping and roadway signage work required to switch traffic on Alaskan Way from beneath the viaduct to just west of the viaduct....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 10, 2018

STP Puts 'One Smart Tunnel' SR 99 Systems to the Test

The new roads inside Seattle's $1.4 billion double deck tunnel are now complete with Seattle Tunnel Partners installing the last of 1,152 road panels that make up the lower — northbound — roadway in early March....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 16, 2018

After Bertha: WSDOT Updates SR 99 Progress in Seattle

The precast concrete panels that will build the lower deck of Seattle's new SR 99 double deck tunnel began arriving in early November, marking the beginning of an important stage of the tunnel construction, said Laura Newborn, spokeswoman of the project....