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.
Seattle’s 66-year-old Alaskan Way Viaduct isn’t going down without a fight, as demolition work originally scheduled for completion in early June is now expected to last through the summer.
As Seattle's new State Route 99 tunnel welcomes vehicle traffic, crews continue to demolish the aging (it opened in 1953) and vulnerable Alaskan Way Viaduct along the waterfront.