Articles about Washington State Department of Transportation

Is Stevens Pass open? Snowboarding software engineer builds simple site to answer big winter question

Matheus Gonçalves built his site as a one-stop status page for anxious skiers and snowboarders looking for updates on when the ski resort and U.S. Highway 2 are open. Read More

Washington State Dept. of Transportation warns toll customers about using bill-pay service Doxo

The Washington State Department of Transportation is cautioning customers about using Seattle-based bill payment company Doxo to pay Good to… Read More

A new EV car-sharing program in Seattle aims to reach underserved communities with co-op model

I parked my dirty old Honda at the grocery store around 2 p.m. last Thursday and drove away in a… Read More

Washington State Dept. of Transportation warns ‘Good to Go!’ customers of bill-paying scam

The Washington State Department of Transportation is warning Good to Go! customers to be on the lookout for fraudulent emails… Read More

Cyberattack takes out key travel information on Washington state transportation website and app

The Washington State Department of Transportation is blaming a “cybersecurity incident” for taking out parts of its website and app… Read More

Good To Go! — or not: Washington state’s tolling software switchover will take 2 weeks, but why?

When the Washington State Department of Transportation announced that both the Good To Go highway toll payment system and its… Read More

Video shows transformation of Seattle tech hub’s surface streets — and an old tunnel is finally filled

Seattle’s South Lake Union tech hub might not be as bustling as it would normally be, pre-pandemic, but when traffic… Read More

Coronavirus and the commute: Average speeds increase noticeably as many workers stay home

Average speeds on major roadways in the Seattle region were more than 10 mph faster than normal on Thursday morning,… Read More

Geek of the Week: If there’s roadwork ahead, Kurt Stiles uses 3D modeling and more to drive project

If a new roadway or bridge or other infrastructure element in Washington state looks and drives exactly like you’d hoped… Read More

New video: Seattle’s historic viaduct is gone in just months as demolition transforms city’s waterfront

The Alaskan Way Viaduct was an artery through the heart of downtown Seattle for more than 60 years, carrying people… Read More

New video shows how crews ‘reverse engineer’ Seattle’s viaduct to demolish historic highway

Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct has been disappearing from the city’s waterfront in plain sight for months, but as the historic… Read More

Watch: As Seattle tunnel nears opening, 6-year time-lapse also captures Amazon going up, up up

If it appears, on many days, like Amazon’s Seattle headquarters has seemingly popped up overnight to transform the look of… Read More

‘One of the smartest tunnels ever built’: New video explains how tech will help keep Seattle drivers safe

Leave it to a high-tech city above ground to build a high-tech roadway underground. Seattle’s SR 99 tunnel project has… Read More

Watch: New time-lapse video shows lower roadway being pieced together in Seattle tunnel

The road untraveled is starting to look like an actual road. Deep beneath Seattle, the SR 99 tunnel project continues… Read More

Deep beneath Seattle, our first end-to-end trip in new tunnel shows massive scale of highway project

More than a year before the new State Route 99 tunnel is scheduled to open to vehicles in Seattle, I… Read More

New drone video takes viewers through 2 miles of Seattle tunnel, from Space Needle to stadiums

Months after Bertha the Seattle tunnel machine stopped churning beneath the city, work continues on the SR 99 tunnel that… Read More

Bertha be gone: Time-lapse video shows summer-long dismantling of Seattle tunnel machine

Bye bye, Bertha. The Seattle tunnel machine, which carved its way beneath the city to make way for a new… Read More

Seattle area’s weekend traffic could be a mess, so WSDOT turns to map and Mariner Moose for help

Rather than shake your fists at Seattle-area traffic these days, perhaps it’s best to just relax and … smile. Clearly… Read More

Watch: As disassembly continues, time-lapse video gives look inside Bertha the Seattle tunnel machine

Seven weeks of nearly non-stop work are taking a toll on Bertha. The SR 99 tunneling machine, which cut a… Read More

Three numbers explain why the tech boom doesn’t make Seattle’s new tunnel a good investment

Seattle’s new Alaskan Way tunnel — currently three years late and millions of dollars over budget — has been called… Read More

Watch: Bertha the Seattle tunnel machine goes under the torch as huge pieces are cut, lifted away

Over the years, Bertha the tunnel machine managed to successfully cut her way beneath Seattle and make room for a new SR 99 highway… Read More

30 million trips later, Seattle’s 520 floating bridge turns 1 — and more work is coming to vital corridor

Something about putting up with years of road construction seems to make the time fly when a project is complete… Read More

Drone video captures closer look at Bertha as tunnel machine chews its way to daylight

Update: WSDOT released a new drone video on Thursday (above) with additional footage and sound to replace the previous video.… Read More

Watch Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine, emerge from beneath Seattle

From the dark depths beneath Seattle, Bertha the SR 99 tunnel machine headed out of the muck and into daylight on… Read More

Bertha’s big breakthrough is here: Seattle tunnel machine will emerge Tuesday after long journey

After mining through more than 9,000 feet of Seattle underground, and rebounding from a lengthy breakdown and repair, Bertha the… Read More

Seattle tunnel machine Bertha is just days from breaking through to complete long journey

If you’ve forgotten what Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine, looks like after all these years, get ready to see… Read More

New 360 video shows tunnel machine Bertha at work beneath Seattle as it enters the home stretch

A 360-degree video shot inside the tunnel being built beneath Seattle gives viewers a unique new perspective of what it’s like… Read More

‘We’re in a good rhythm,’ Seattle tunnel worker says, as new videos show Bertha’s progress

It’s been a busy week deep beneath Seattle, as Bertha the tunneling machine keeps on trucking through Belltown. Two new… Read More

‘Flexible’ bridge being built in Seattle is designed to bounce back from big earthquake

The potential collapse of the Alaskan Way Viaduct during a major Seattle earthquake is one of the main reasons why… Read More

Seattle tunnel machine Bertha reaches halfway point — here’s a rare look inside the massive project

The SR 99 tunneling machine has passed the halfway point on its long journey beneath Seattle, and officials stood 10 stories… Read More