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First road-legal truck drives length of Highway 99 tunnel
The Seattle Times   02 November 2017   USA   Seattle  
The tunnel is expected to be open in January of 2018
<p>The Highway 99 tunnel construction project moved into a new direction this week. Northbound.<br />The upper, southbound deck is almost finished, which clears enough room beneath for assembly to begin for the lower deck that will carry traffic north from ...
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Oregon geologists warn of potential landslides in wildfire-scarred Columbia Gorge
The Seattle Times   21 September 2017   USA   Oregon  
<p>Geologists for the state of Oregon are warning of the risk of major landslides in parts of the Columbia River Gorge that were hit by wildfires this year.</p> <p>A new report released Thursday focuses on areas of the Gorge that are highly susceptible to ...
Bertha’s woes grind on: more delay, higher cost for Highway 99 tunnel
The Seattle Times   22 July 2016   USA   Seattle  
The southbound deck of the Highway 99 will be built, here, between two massive walls. This is the view looking north. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)
<p>Bertha&rsquo;s problems will cost Washington state an estimated $223 million in cost overruns, and further delay the Highway 99 opening &mdash; until early 2019.</p> <p>OLYMPIA &mdash; Tunnel-machine Bertha&rsquo;s two-year breakdown will cost Washington ...
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Tunnel to Grand Central rolling along at $1M per foot
The Seattle Times   04 November 2015   USA   New York,Manhattan  
East Side project_ Manhattan
<p>NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; A massive new commuter rail project below New York City&rsquo;s Grand Central Terminal &mdash; one of the nation&rsquo;s largest transportation upgrades &mdash; is slowly rolling forward, including a tunnel costing $1 million per foot, ...
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Bertha’s pipe hit blamed on state
The Seattle Times   09 May 2015   USA   Seattle  
Bertha, the Highway 99 tunnel boring machine, sits motionless just over 1,000 feet into its 9,270 foot route to South Lake Union in September. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times, 2014)
<p>The state should have done more to warn Seattle Tunnel Partners about a steel pipe that tunnel machine Bertha struck Dec. 3, 2013, three days before the giant drill overheated and stalled, a dispute review board has ruled. The decision isn&rsquo;t binding, ...
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Fund technology to prevent another Oso landslide
The Seattle Times   15 April 2015   USA   Seattle  
Oso landslide
<p>IN the aftermath of last year&rsquo;s lethal Oso landslide, the state Legislature has unanimously authorized an expanded state program to map slide-prone slopes and other geologic hazards. Equally important, the state would make that information more accessible ...
Bertha’s mammoth cutter head emerges from tunnel vault
The Seattle Times   31 March 2015   USA   Seattle  
Bertha’s cutting-head assembly, (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)
<p>The front of tunnel-boring machine Bertha emerged from its deep access vault late Monday afternoon, after a trouble-free day of crane tests and hoisting. It is now resting on the surface of Seattle’s waterfront.</p>
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