TIME-LAPSE VIDEO: See road-building inside the Highway 99 tunnel

That time-lapse video shows road-building inside the under-construction Highway 99 tunnel, and it accompanies WSDOT’s latest update on tunneling progress. The tunneling machine is now more than 70 percent of the way along the 9,270-foot route, according to WSDOT, which included the video in this update published today. It’s the second update of the week – this one details progress at the tunnel’s “south portal.” It’s been almost a full year since tunneling resumed on December 22, 2015, two years and two weeks after the machine stalled.

9 Replies to "TIME-LAPSE VIDEO: See road-building inside the Highway 99 tunnel"

  • bolo December 13, 2016 (10:35 pm)

    People got much more excited when Bertha was stuck last year.

  • sam-c December 14, 2016 (9:20 am)

    cool video!

  • West Seattle Hipster December 14, 2016 (9:39 am)

    Many people love to point out the negatives, but are strangely silent when something positive happens.

  • dsa December 14, 2016 (10:12 am)

    It goes to fast.  Can it be slowed down?

    • WSB December 14, 2016 (10:24 am)

      WSDOT made the video so that would be up to them. I don’t believe YT offers viewing-speed alternatives.

    • Ron December 14, 2016 (10:33 am)

      If you click the gear in the lower right of the video player window while the video is playing, you can adjust the play speed.

      • WSB December 14, 2016 (11:09 am)

        Thanks, Ron, always glad to learn something new!

        • dsa December 14, 2016 (11:26 am)

          That is a big help Ron.  It’s not so flash bang quick gone now.

  • John H. December 14, 2016 (4:41 pm)

    At half speed the music sounds kind of cool too . . .

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