Live downtown? You don't want a bridge

More bad ideas to replace the viaduct. Seattle Times report today describes a bridge concept to replace the crumbling section of Highway 99. The bridge would be similiar in style to the Highway 509 bridge in Tacoma, pictured here. While there are many drawbacks to the idea, the biggest problem we see is that there would be no downtown exits. It would add insult to injury to erect a curtain of cable and concrete in our face that we can't even use. Groan. Until we hear a better idea, we're with the People's Waterfront Coalition. Who says we need to replace the viaduct at all?

--j

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