At that point, some of the lanes will revert to landscaping and sidewalks and the roadway will narrow to 79 feet, about the width of Mercer Street as it passes under the Sixth Avenue overpass. The group emerged semi-victorious: While Alaskan Way will be 102 feet wide and eight or nine lanes at the beginning, once light rail opens to West Seattle in about 2030, Metro won’t need to run as many buses though. The Alliance for Pioneer Square saw the plan for the super giant road and balked, then sued the city over the sheer size and impact of the thing. Multiple agencies and neighborhood groups brought up conflicting needs-the ferries need lanes for ferry traffic, Metro needs bus lanes for the 600 buses running down the corridor each day, hazardous freight needs somewhere to go-Alaskan Way is turning into a 102-foot-wide, eight-or-nine-lane thoroughfare. While we didn’t go for surface-transit, we’re about up with a wider Alaskan Way than advocates pushing for surface-transit were calling for, anyway. ![]() One group advocated not replacing the viaduct at all, but instead improving surface streets and transit in the area, or the “surface-transit option,” with a six-lane highway along the waterfront. Here’s the long version: While settling on an option for a viaduct replacement-which ended up being the deep-bore tunnel-officials looked at a potential surface highway. But the main route for getting through downtown without taking the tunnel (or heading up to I-5) is a wider, revised Alaskan Way. There are certainly a few routes, as outlined above. ![]() Freight is allowed through the tunnel, too, but with the same restrictions for hazardous materials that the Battery Street Tunnel had ( RIP). What vehicles are allowed in the tunnel?Ĭars are allowed in the tunnel-it’s designed for motor vehicles, not pedestrians or cyclists. In case you’ve been hiding under a highway-projects rock the past several years, the thing cost a lot of money to build, so the Washington State Legislature mandated WSDOT to generate toll revenue. The short answer: to pay for the tunnel’s construction. The tolling is camera-only-there aren’t any booths or anything-so, at least from the motorist’s perspective, it all happens automatically. If you’ve used Washington State’s tolling system before, it should be familiar: Either payment gets deducted from your Good to Go account (again, the toll is significantly lighter if you have one), or WSDOT mails you a toll bill based on your registration address. The short answer: You don’t have to do anything. ![]() The weekend toll is the same at all times of day.
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