Bertha has reached 2,000 feet and is headed under downtown Seattle
May 18, 2016, 12:45 PM | Updated: 2:40 pm
Bertha has traveled 2,000 feet and will soon enter Zone 3 of its journey under Seattle. (WSDOT)
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After taking a break last weekend, Bertha – the tunneling machine moving below the Seattle waterfront – has passed the 2,000-foot mark. Crews have installed 300 tunnel rings in her wake.
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The milestone means Bertha and Seattle Tunnel Partners have completed 20 percent of the job.
Now the world’s largest boring machine is finishing up Zone 2 (out of 10 zones.) Zone 3 is located under the Columbia Street on-ramp that leads to the Alaskan Way Viaduct. After that, Bertha will bore under Western Avenue.
