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Started by webny99, March 02, 2022, 12:48:33 PM

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tsmatt13

Quote from: OCGuy81 on June 21, 2022, 04:50:05 PM
Before they moved it underground, the Alaskan Way viaduct in Seattle was an eye sore

I agree, the area looks so dark and depressing before the viaduct was demolished.

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5981955,-122.3359764,3a,66.9y,63.37h,99.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su7jxWRy-u-2VaaOvdxWN6g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Interstates & freeways clinched: 16, 78, 87 (NY), 97, 287, 295 (NJ/PA/DE), 676, ACE, GSP


Bruce

No one had any reason to hang out under the viaduct (especially given the risk of collapse in an earthquake), but it wasn't an overwhelming obstacle. It was mostly a psychological barrier that cut off downtown from the waterfront, on top of the slopes.

Parts of the new Alaskan Way are more annoying to cross due to the longer wait times at pedestrian signals.

thspfc

The Kansas City downtown loop. The poster child of harmful early Interstate era freeway construction.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: tsmatt13 on June 21, 2022, 04:57:53 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on June 21, 2022, 04:50:05 PM
Before they moved it underground, the Alaskan Way viaduct in Seattle was an eye sore

I agree, the area looks so dark and depressing before the viaduct was demolished.

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5981955,-122.3359764,3a,66.9y,63.37h,99.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su7jxWRy-u-2VaaOvdxWN6g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

And it looked better as a glories rail yard with all levels of traffic tossed into the mix:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/379569529068459/permalink/1715653262126739/?fs=e&s=cl

Bruce

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 21, 2022, 05:57:10 PM
Quote from: tsmatt13 on June 21, 2022, 04:57:53 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on June 21, 2022, 04:50:05 PM
Before they moved it underground, the Alaskan Way viaduct in Seattle was an eye sore

I agree, the area looks so dark and depressing before the viaduct was demolished.

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5981955,-122.3359764,3a,66.9y,63.37h,99.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su7jxWRy-u-2VaaOvdxWN6g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

And it looked better as a glories rail yard with all levels of traffic tossed into the mix:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/379569529068459/permalink/1715653262126739/?fs=e&s=cl

Note that this was before the GN Tunnel was completed, giving trains a viable bypass of downtown for the first time. By the 1940s, there were only a few tracks left.

One of the tracks remained for use by the Waterfront Streetcar, which really should have been revived but sadly has been left out of the plans.



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