The Alaskan Way Viaduct was an artery through the heart of downtown Seattle for more than 60 years, carrying people and goods along a stretch of the city’s waterfront. In just months, the historic ...
There was no party and no cake, but the Battery Street Tunnel celebrated its 64th birthday this week. When the tunnel was opened to traffic with great fanfare on July 24, 1954, the roadway that ...
Despite the area's industrial history, the team encountered relatively little contamination. Most recovered water went to a wastewater treatment plant via storm sewers, while tainted soils were sorted ...
As Dominic reported earlier, a new Elway Poll suggests that after ten years of public debate and private wrangling, a majority of Seattle voters support none of the proposals to replace the crumbling ...
Now that the first portion of Seattle’s SR99 Alaskan Way Viaduct has been demolished, I have a confession to make—I’m going to miss that creaky old hunk of concrete. That’s assuming, of course, that ...
State issues alert as Tukwila immigration law firm closes, founder resigns license A Tukwila-based immigration law firm has announced it is shutting down just weeks after its founder resigned from the ...
Most of the Alaskan Way Viaduct did not live to see its 60th birthday. The final section of the 3.8-mile project by the Seattle waterfront, including the 2.2 miles of elevated highway, was the longest ...
Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct might be a thing of the past, but you still have a chance to take home a piece of Seattle's history. The deadline to drop by Friends of Waterfront Seattle's office to ...
State transportation officials say Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct will reopen for the Monday morning commute. That’s an earlier than expected reopening of the Highway 99 through downtown Seattle, which ...
SEATTLE - The Alaskan Way Viaduct has settled up to a quarter inch during the past month, but transportation officials say the waterfront structure is still safe. The Washington State Department of ...
For a few hours, the nine-day closure of Seattle's proved to be a bit of gawking and sentimental fun. About 3,200 people strolled on the elevated highway Saturday, the first full day of the nine-day ...