Mysterious Object Halts construction of Seattle Road Tunnel

[roadman65]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/us/under-seattle-a-big-object-blocks-bertha-what-is-it.html?_r=0

Check this out!

[Jardine]

Call Quartermass !!!!

[707]

Man would that suck if it was nothing but a boulder.

[Jardine]

I don't know if it's possible to have such a thing, but if it's a naturally occurring chunk of boron nitride (or something similarly hard) how in the blue blazes are they going to get rid of it with out a nuke ??

[hotdogPi]

I don't know if it's possible to have such a thing, but if it's a naturally occurring chunk of boron nitride (or something similarly hard) how in the blue blazes are they going to get rid of it with out a nuke ??

Not natural.

[jakeroot]

As a Seattleite/Tacoman, I am familiar with the history of the city. It was built over itself after a large fire (like most cities) so my guess is that it's an old piece of the city that has slowly sank down in the dirt from liquefaction from earthquakes. I hope it's a sleeping Kaiju but sadly the former is most likely.

[duaneu2]

Turns out it's a steel pipe that the DOT themselves put there in 2002:

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/01/whats-blocking-bertha-a-huge-steel-pipe/

[707]

Is it a glorious historic artifact? Nope, just a steel pipe.

[NE2]

The $1.44 billion tunnel construction, from Sodo to South Lake Union,

Hey look, it's the South Lake Union Tunnel!

[Road Hog]

Glad it wasn't the Cobalt Bomb.