Battle of the Big Tunnels

By Johnine Larsen | January 21, 2016

Bertha isn’t Seattle’s first major tunnel project. Almost 100 tunnels totaling 40 miles lie beneath our city, including the record-setting Great Northern Tunnel, built in the beginning of the 20th century. Let’s see how that mile-long train tunnel compares to Big Bertha’s tunnel.   Great Northern Tunnel The Great Northern Tunnel runs for one mile…

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Spotted: Light Rail Progress

By Johnine Larsen | December 3, 2015

We saw new light rail maps this week! The signs have a new stop added to each end of the existing route, and they change “the only light rail line in Seattle” to the Red Line, a piece of a bigger, more effective system. Light rail will keep expanding over the coming years, and these…

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