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Old Posted Oct 21, 2013, 5:05 AM
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Originally Posted by zilfondel View Post
No, most of it is above ground - some elevated and some at-grade that runs in the center median. They did tunnel some under Beacon Hill, I believe, and they ran it through the Seattle bus tunnel, which was built back in the 80s, when construction prices were much cheaper than today.
That was a smart move for Seattle, though I think a smarter move would have been to build a subways system back in 1910.
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