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University Link Construction Approaches Total Completion

Gordon Werner - January 30, 2015

What to expect in the coming months:

  • At the Capitol Hill Station, the red wall will be removed creating a temporary reprieve from construction until the residential/commercial property development work begins in earnest; and
  • Restoration of Broadway and the Broadway Protected Bike Lane will begin.
Photo courtesy of SoundTransit, on Flickr.
Photo courtesy of Sound Transit, on Flickr.

 

Here’s where we’re at so far with project work:

UW Capitol Hill
Demolition 100% 100%
Station excavation 100% 100%
Tunnel construction – TBM mining 100% 100%
Tunnel construction – cross passage excavation and lining 100% 100%
Station construction 100% 81%
Power systems and track overall 62% 62% 62%
University Link Extension overall 91.6%

*As of December 2014

Data courtesy of Sound Transit.

For more information about the University Link light rail project which will bring Link light rail from Downtown to Capitol Hill and the University of Washington, check out the project site.