Alaskan Way Viaduct Bored Tunnel January 2009

In January 2009, Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire, King County Executive Ron Sims, and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels announced their recommendation to replace the central waterfront portion of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall. The recommendation includes a new waterfront surface street, an approximately 1.7 mile bored tunnel through downtown, transit investments, and downtown surface street improvements.

This simulation shows an early design concept for the bored tunnel and the route it would follow under downtown Seattle.

More information regarding the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Program is available at http://www.alaskanwayviaduct.org.

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[wsdot]

Hey all, you are welcome to comment on, provide discussion or vent frustration with the decision made on this project. I will have to ask that you keep your comments clean.

Any comments that use vulgar, offensive, threatening or harassing language will be removed.

Thank you for your understanding.

[sirhcdeer]

Un-frickin-believable! I hope all of you know that this "dog and pony" show that Nickels, Sims and Gregoire did at the press conference was only to give the appearance that this project is "shovel ready."  It is more than obvious that they want to appear ready to dig, so they can get some of the infrastructure money that Obamha is proposing to pass out to states. I think this decision is foolish given the current economic situation. Look for more taxes folks! Government is not free, but god!

[wbrproductions]

The train tunnel in Seattle has been in continuous operation since 1905, meaning earthquakes are not an issue. Didn't know there was a rail tunnel through downtown Seattle? Well, how about that?

[BreakfastBentoBox]

@normalais The only "busines benefit" is our Port of Seattle. Throwing money at unions for east afrikan short haul truckers that drive recklessly already! There will be more tolls, more taxes, more fees, w/ less service and less access. This tunnel project is a wet dream for overpriced contractors, the DOT fraudulent bidding processs & ppl who own property on the waterfront. There's not a single benefit for the working class ppl who commute on the only viable option from W.Seattle to Ballard!

[normalais]

@BreakfastBentoBox You're pretty ignorant. Business will bloom on the waterfront once that ugly monster is gone.

[BreakfastBentoBox]

@normalais i wonder if your small brain understands the difference between commuting and driving from Sodo to Magnolia. Commuting is driving from Burien to Everett... yeah 1 hour on I-5. Why should it take 45 minutes from Sodo to Ballard? Tolling the only highway thru the city won't solve that quality of life issue. And btw, all those quaint repblican friends of yours on the waterfront who want to evade taxes and get rich quick, their businesses will suffer when real ppl say fuk commuting!

[normalais]

@BreakfastBentoBox Seattle will benefit economically, culturally and will be a better place to live in with a nice new waterfront without the bridge taking up space. I'm sure your commute will improve once the whole project is finished

[BreakfastBentoBox]

@sirhcdeer how do you feel now, after two years have gone by?? There is talk of Tolls and no downtown exits, wth?! How do you feel now??

[BreakfastBentoBox]

@wsdot After these past two years of of misleading & offensive propoganda, would it be prudent to hire a new monitor of your Youtube postings? Albeit at a recession salary, of course...

[BreakfastBentoBox]

@normalais Your pretty is another person's ugly. How about this my meth-faced redneck neighbor, lay off the smack & get the Fremont Troll's VW out yer ass. FYI, everyone implies all people. Maybe just your circle jerk of friends would like to destroy the viaduct, but those who actually commute everyday on that POS would have a more valuable input, as in "everyone else". Do you really think anyone in the Dicks Burgerhood and Gasworks Park area really care? THEY DONT DRIVE IT EVERYDAY; I DO!!!!

[normalais]

@BreakfastBentoBox everyone will benefit from that ugly bridge being taken down.

[BreakfastBentoBox]

@normalais Jesus christ wearing a mini skirt on a fucking pogo stick. This is absurd. How bizarre is your lifestyle in the U district that you would want to turn Seattle into Bellevue? Aren't there enough snobs here already? Look, point of fact, that bridge aint safe, however, don't you find it a little strange how the politicians lit up like molestors on a playground when they realized how their Vulcan voting partners would benefit from property values? Everyone will pay for few's benefit.

[normalais]

@BreakfastBentoBox lol no Scarah Failin voting republican'ts want that stupid ugly bridge to be replaced by another stupid ugly bridge.