Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition is complete
Bye forever, viaduct!
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The Alaskan Way Viaduct is closed this weekend
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Bertha is officially completely dismantled
RIP forever, Bertha.
Watch Bertha come apart in new WSDOT video
Sped up in a time-lapse video, it’s exciting—and a little satisfying—watching the machine come apart. Watch seven weeks of disassembly in one minute.
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Watch Bertha get its braces off in preparation for disassembly
Late Wednesday, crews finished removing wall braces standing between tunnel-boring machine Bertha and the disassembly pit.
Watch Bertha’s breakthrough highlights in a WSDOT video
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Bertha finishes digging the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel
After nearly four years, Bertha has finished digging SR 99 tunnel.
Watch Bertha break through
After more than three years of drilling, Bertha’s journey is coming to an end on Tuesday—and the big moment is being livestreamed.
Bertha is 127 feet from the finish line
Bertha won’t see daylight this week, but the tunnel boring machine is nearing the finish line.
After quicker-than-expected break, Bertha is digging again
These days, Bertha seems to get going a lot faster than expected
Bertha now under Pike Place Market, halfway home
The tunnel boring machine is actually staying on schedule these days
Bertha overruns now $223M, tunnel opening pushed to 2019
As a reminder, Bertha was originally supposed to be surface in South Lake Union in October 2014 and the tunnel was supposed to open by the end of 2015.
Alaskan Way Viaduct's Two-Week Vacation Starts April 29
Last week we found out WSDOT and Seattle Tunnel Partners were going to need to close the Alaskan Way viaduct for two weeks while Bertha dug underneath. Friday they announced that the official start date for that two-week closure will be April 29.