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State Route 99 closed in Seattle for tunnel alignment; crews making good progress
With the closure of State Route 99 due to tunnel work, construction crews are on schedule with good weather, including unusually warm daytime temperatures.
January 18, 2019
Roadbuilding
Berthaâs repairs push Seattleâs SR99 tunnel $200 million over budget. And it could get worse
Following two years of costly repairs and downtime, Bertha, the worldâs largest tunnel boring machine, is $223 million over budget, with Washington state facing a lawsuit from the prime contractor on the State Route 99 tunnel project that, if successful, would double that amount. According to a report from the Seattle Times, the 1.7-mile tunnel, which will replace the [âŚ]
July 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
Bertha is nearly ready to start tunneling again
The massive tunnel-boring machine thatâs been sidelined in Seattle for two years could be back to boring by New Yearâs. The Washington State Department of Transportation announced that the Seattle Tunnel Partners had begun the final preparations before drilling gets started again with soil and sand being poured into the 120-foot-deep access pit on Sunday. Bertha [âŚ]
December 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
Bertha delayed again; wonât restart drilling until late December
The Seattle Tunnel Partners have once again delayed the restart of drilling for the State Route 99 tunnel, with Bertha not expected to start work again until Dec. 23. The Washington State Department of Transportation announced the revised schedule Thursday and said the tunnel most likely would not open until April 2018. That puts the project two years and four [âŚ]
October 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Crews prepare soil for Bertha to begin tunneling again
One of the last steps to getting Big Bertha back to boring beneath Seattle is underway. The Washington State Department of Transportation announced October 14 Seattle Tunnel Partners would begin doing jet grouting in the soil to stabilize the ground above where the massive tunnel-boring machine is set get to work. With jet grouting, a mix of [âŚ]
October 16, 2015
Roadbuilding
Board rules WSDOT should have given contractor more warning about pipe struck by Big Bertha before stall
In regard to the drilling of the new State Route 99 tunnel below Seattle, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has few friends left. There remains disagreement between the department and the city of Seattle over who will pay to repair a water main damaged during the excavation of a repair pit for Big Bertha, [âŚ]
May 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
NACo report finds county transportation project funding âincreasingly inadequateâ
A report released Monday by the National Association of Counties (NACo) finds that âfederal and state funding for county transportation projects is increasingly inadequate.â The report, âThe Road Ahead: County Transportation Funding and Financing,â which focuses on county-owned roads and bridges, notes that counties build and maintain 45 percent of public roads and 230,690 bridges [âŚ]
February 25, 2014
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