What will happen to all the debris from the viaduct?
The Viaduct is shutting down forever on January 11. It will then be replaced with a massive underground tunnel.
It started with Bertha, boring underneath downtown Seattle and generating enough dirt to fill CenturyLink Stadium — about 85,000 dump trucks worth of soil if you're doing the math.
In February 2019 the demolition of the Alaskan Way Viaduct begins and is expected to take six months. That will spell the end of Seattle's double-decker elevated freeway which first opened nearly 66 years ago.
So, where will all that debris—the concrete and steel— end up? We answer that question on the next SoundQs episode.
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Deborah Wang
Contributing Reporter, Editor, and Host
Deborah is a contributing reporter, editor and host at KUOW. Since joining the staff in 2005, Deborah has done everything from political reporting to podcast hosting and is now serving as Interim News Director. She is an award–winning radio and television journalist whose career spans more than three decades.
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Joshua McNichols
Growth and Development Reporter
Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology and climate change.
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