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The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT), also referred to as the Metro Bus Tunnel, is a 1.3-mile-long (2.1 km) pair of public transit tunnels in Seattle, Washington, United States. The double-track tunnel and its four stations serve Link light rail trains on the 1 Line as it travels through Downtown Seattle.
The State Route 99 tunnel, also known as the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel, is a bored highway tunnel in the city of Seattle, Washington, United States.The 2-mile (3.2 km), double-decker tunnel carries a section of State Route 99 (SR 99) under Downtown Seattle from SoDo in the south to South Lake Union in the north.
The E Line debuted in 2014, replacing Route 358—itself the successor to Route 359, which was retired in 1999 after a Metro bus was involved in a shooting and crashed off the Aurora Bridge. [ 242 ] [ 243 ] [ 244 ] The E Line terminates in Downtown Seattle and near the county line at the Aurora Village Transit Center, where Community Transit 's ...
Metro Transit began planning a bus-based transit system through downtown Seattle in the 1970s, including a transit mall, tunnel, or bus terminal in the Westlake area. [19] [20] Metro approved construction of a downtown bus tunnel in 1983, [21] selecting Pine Street and 4th Avenue as the site of one of the stations. [22]
The SR 99 Tunnel is a 2-mile (3.2 km) bored double-decker highway tunnel carrying a section of State Route 99 (SR 99) under Downtown Seattle from SoDo in the south to South Lake Union in the north. Since the 2001 Nisqually earthquake , the replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct has been the source of much political controversy demonstrating the ...
The SODO Busway, also referred to as the E-3 Busway, is a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) [1] busway in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.It has four stops, including two that connect to Link light rail stations, and functions as an extension of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, which was formerly used by buses.
First use of Earth Pressure Balance Machine in Seattle [1] 1987–1988 Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel: Twin 21.25 ft (6.48 m) 13,624 ft (4,153 m) Tunnelling shield First use of waterproofing PVC membrane in USA [1] 1990 Fort Lawton Tunnel/West Point Sewer 15.5 ft (4.7 m) O.D. 8,400 feet (2,600 m) Partial Earth Pressure Balance Machine [1] [5] 1993
Route 41 was moved to the downtown transit tunnel in 1991, and expanded into an all-day route in 2002. It became one of the busiest routes operated by King County Metro, with over 10,000 daily riders. The service was moved out of the downtown tunnel in 2019 and was retired on October 2, 2021, with the opening of Link light rail service to ...