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Construction work to upgrade the north end of Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct – including major renovations to the Battery Street Tunnel – will be discussed at an open house scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 16) at the Mountaineers Building, 300 Third Ave. W., Seattle.
The tunnel work, set to begin in the fall, will mean closures on weekday evenings and up to two weekends each month. When completed, the short on- and off-ramps at south end of the tunnel will be closed to general traffic and converted to emergency access ramps.
The work will take as long as 18 months and also will include installing a new fire alarm system, a new sprinkler system, tunnel closure signs and signals, new ventilation fan controls, and new lighting. Roof beam connections will be reinforced and an emergency exit stairwell added in the southbound tunnel.
The tunnel work is among several projects planned in advance of replacing the downtown portion of the viaduct, which the state has said it wants to demolish by 2012. Some have questioned that move.
At the Thursday session officials from Seattle, King County and the state will discuss the construction work and changes to Belltown and the surrounding area, including city paving projects, proposed changes to the Mercer corridor and bus service improvements.
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** I-5 SOUTHBOUND ST MILEPOST 248 LEFT LANE CLOSED DUE TO SLIDE
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** I-5 CLOSED FROM MILEPOST 88 TO MILEPOST 68
** I-90 CLOSED AT MILEPOST 34
** US-12 CLOSED FROM WHITE PASS TO JUST WEST OF RIMROCK RETREAT
** US-2 CLOSED AT MILEPOST 44
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** SR-202 CLOSED FROM FALL CITY NORTH CITY LIMIT TO FISH HATCHERY ROAD
** SR-202 CLOSED FROM SR 203 TO 356TH AVE SE
** SR-202 CLOSED SNOQUALMIE NORTH CITY LIMIT TO NORTH BEND WAY
** SR-203 CLOSED FROM FALL CITY TO DUVALL EXCEPT OPENINGS BETWEEN TOLT RIVER AND NE 55TH , AND CARNATION FARM ROAD AND DUVALL
** SR-169 NORTHBOUND CLOSED AT CEDAR GROVE ROAD (MP 19.2) DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY
** SR-410 CLOSED FROM ENUMCLAW TO GREENWATER
** SR-530 CLOSED AT LINCOLN BRIDGE NEAR ARLINGTON
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** SR-169 AT KUMMER BRIDGE BOTH DIRECTIONS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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