takenji1989pics"Alaskan Way Viaduct Demolition"
Pretty crazy to see it go.
#alaskanwayviaduct #bridge #construction #mywork #photog #photography
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@gbhnews these are viaduct rocks! They were part of the old Alaskan Way Viaduct along the waterfront in Seattle that we tore down as unsafe after many decades. (This story may remind you of something and was indeed similar.)
Anyway I went down a few times to watch in person - it really had defined the downtown waterfront for decades - and one time I decided to collect some viaduct rocks. I even got one of the workers to verify that yep, that’s genuine viaduct! xD
solarbirdthe last standing piece of the alaskan way viaduct
Since the temporary ferry terminal walkway went down last week I’ve been checking in on this one former support column:
Why?
Because this is the last standing piece of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
That’s why it’s located where it is – it was already there – and why the new lanes bend around it but in a way that is clearly temporary. The asphalt sections that the lanes cross awkwardly over will become large planters once that last viaduct piece goes down and they can relocate those lanes to their final intended locations.
Now that the new overhead walkway is open, they’ll actually be able to do that soon.
I wonder a little bit where they’ll put it. The rest of it went into the Battery Street Tunnel, but that’s filled up now and closed.
Which means that if they ever need to take the old viaduct out of storage and put it back together, it’ll be missing a piece and this puzzle has a lot more than 5000 pieces so it’s gonna be a doozy xD
Since the temporary ferry terminal walkway went down last week I've been checking in on this one former support column, because:
This is the last standing piece of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
That's why it's where it is and why the new lanes bend around it but in a way that is clearly temporary. The asphalt sections will become large planters once that last viaduct piece goes down and they can relocate the lanes to their final intended locations.
And now that the new overhead walkway is open, they'll actually be able to do that soon.
If they ever need to take the old viaduct out of storage in the Battery Street Tunnel and put it back together it'll be missing a piece xD
NYC GlueInteresting presentation from #Firefox browser #Pocket service. #Urban #Highways That Deserve to Die https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-03/these-urban-highways-in-north-america-need-to-die
I like lists so discussed in this article are:
#Oakland’s #I980
#Seattles's #SR99 #AlaskanWayViaduct
#Tampa’s #I275
#Denver's #I70
#Austin’s #I35
#Rochester's #I490 (InnerLoop)
