With multiple mega-projects virtually all wrapped up in Seattle, a $724 million project to rebuild the city’s central waterfront starts to take a more prominent role in the future of Seattle construction and transportation.
The State Route 99 bored tunnel through downtown has opened, allowing the demolition of the elevated Alaskan Way Viaduct. With the viaduct essentially removed, the Seattle downtown waterfront has enjoyed full days without a shadow of the Alaskan Way Viaduct for the first time in more than six decades.
