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    State Route 99
    More than 1,400 precast concrete rings are being manufactured in Pierce County for the new 1.8-mile State Route 99 tunnel in Seattle. (PHOTO COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY AND FPS/ENCON)
    Seattle tunnel project creates Pierce County jobs
    May 15, 2013 11:11 am

    When the 1.8-mile State Route 99 tunnel opens to traffic in 2015, it will rely on the strength of 1,450…

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    Bertha, the world's largest tunneling machine, arrives in Seattle's Elliott Bay on April 2, 2013, following a 5,000-mile journey from Osaka, Japan. Crews will unload her 41 pieces (the largest weighing about 900 tons) and move them to the 80-foot-deep pit to the west of Seattle's stadiums, where Bertha will begin tunneling in summer 2013. (PHOTO COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION)
    Bertha arrives in Seattle for massive waterfront tunnel...
    April 2, 2013 3:06 pm

    Sixty years ago this week, Seattleites welcomed the State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct to the city’s downtown waterfront. On…

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