As Washington State Dept. of Transportation officials look toward a fall 2018 opening of the 1.7-mile-long bored tunnel under downtown Seattle that will replace the aging 1953-opened Alaskan Way Viaduct, the final contract in the $3.3-billion project to tear down the viaduct was awarded to Kiewit Infrastructure West.
Boston transportation officials on May 7 unveiled an estimated $3.5-billion plan for modern Green Line trains that could potentially double the capacity of the nation’s oldest and most heavily traveled light-rail system.
The fjord at the new Nordic Museum in Seattle's Ballard may not have ocean water flowing through it, but still serves as a symbolic architectural focal point for the $45-million, 57,000-sq-ft building.
Sound Transit's plan to implement bus rapid transit lines on three major highways around Lake Washington near Bellevue includes projects that will add road lanes and stations.