I understand why an elevated highway can be damaged during an earthquake and I’ve often wondered about how the elevated highways in Los Angeles will fare in a major earthquake. I would also not want to be driving through a tunnel during a major earthquake.
A tunnel in Seattle, a city that sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire?
Things that make you go Hmmm.
I hope those are pretty good safety systems.
I’ll take a pat on the back.
After the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake which damaged buildings and shook downtown Seattle including swaying Key Tower, I went to a public meeting of the Seattle City Council and graphically, emphatically said the Viaduct needs to come down and a tunnel put in place else we would have a situation as Oakland’s raised interstate in their 1987 earthquake.
I said it would also connect Downtown with the waterfront and provide residents with a park area.
17 years later, here we are.
Now there’s the idea of putting a ‘LID’ over the I-5 underpass that cuts through downtown. It will muffle the freeway noise and again open a park for residents.
As liberal as Seattle is, I can’t leave because many people here hide their politics and come out to make life more enjoyable and better. It truly is a beautiful city, just wish we could be rid of the radical left fringe.
Boeing HQ should come back from Chicago and provide major influence, but that’s wishful thinking.
I would not support a GOP Mayor candidate because it’s a lost cause for now but I would support an Independent candidate because I think they would have a chance to win. Libertarian candidate, I fdon’t think so.
Is there a bicycle path?? You know this is Seattle ...
Musk would have used his Boring Machine for free!
Simply pay him for a few extras and add-ons and his basic cost of operations and...
Here is a link to the on going thread (started in 2014) from AA Roads on this project. Some here may find the comments and links interesting:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=12173.0