Alaskan Way Viaduct

SEATTLE (AP) — Twenty-nine months late, the massive drill boring a new Highway 99 tunnel below Seattle is almost done with its work. The Seattle Times reports that the drill, known as "Bertha," is expected to chew through a concrete retaining wall in the next few days and emerge into daylight, ending a 1...

OLYMPIA (AP) — Delays on the tunnel replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct through Seattle are now expected to cost the state about $149 million in overruns, a third less than feared in July. Joe Hedges, program administrator for the Washington State Department of Transportation, said the main reason for the revised figure is that tunnel-boring machine Bertha has made steady progress since spring

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle's giant tunnel drilling machine is nearing the halfway mark on its underground route from Sodo to South Lake Union. A Department of Transportation spokeswoman told the Seattle Times the drill known as Bertha was close to Pike Place Market on Friday...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Seattle voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would've built an elevated park in downtown Seattle using part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. More than 80 percent of early votes Tuesday were cast against Initiative 123, which was opposed by many city leaders who prefer a comprehensive redesign of the city's waterfront once the viaduct is removed and replaced by a tunnel...

SEATTLE (AP) — The troubled project to replace Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel faces $223 million in cost overruns. The Washington state Department of Transportation said Thursday the additional money is needed for the project, originally slated to cost $3...

SEATTLE (AP) — 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 was closed for 10 days as a giant tunneling machine dug underneath it...

SEATTLE (AP) — State transportation officials say the tunneling machine known as Bertha is about a third of the way toward the 385 feet needed before the Alaskan Way Viaduct can reopen. KCPQ-TV reports the machine had tunneled 131 feet by Tuesday evening...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct is set to close for two weeks starting Friday and transportation officials are urging commuters to plan ahead. The closure is expected to cause widespread traffic throughout the region. The Washington State Department of Transportation will close State Route 99 between South Spokane Street and the south end of the Battery Street Tunnel...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Alaskan Way Viaduct on Seattle's waterfront is set to close for two weeks starting on April 29. The resulting traffic will reverberate throughout the region. KING-TV reports the Washington State Department of Transportation said Friday the viaduct will be closed between South Spokane Street and the south end of the Battery Street Tunnel...

SEATTLE (AP) — As Seattle's tunnel project prepares to bore beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct, city and state officials are worried about growing sinkhole risks. The Seattle Times reports that geotechnical expert Gregg Korbin says the giant boring machine called Bertha is over-excavating the area, increasing the likelihood of sinkholes...