💚🌲💙⭐⭐Romulus / Keith 🌹🍺✌⚽ · @ssfckdt
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Apparently, the #Bertha #tunneling machine that bored the #SR99 tunnel in #Seattle was not the first boring machine to be called Bertha. In 2002, the #UK built two tunnels to serve a high speed #rail line to connect down to the #Channel Tunnel -- and the two tunnels were bored by machines named Annie and Bertha. https://tunnelbuilder.com/News/Kawasaki-TBM-Breaks-Through-CTRL-Tunnel-to-Kings-Cross-Station.aspx
#Bertha #tunneling #sr99 #seattle #uk #rail #channel
Viveka · @Viveka
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Iragersh · @Iragersh
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I'd heard of the #AlaskanWayViaduct but never knew its number as #SR99 til one article and the #Wikipedia entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Way_Viaduct
#Wikipedia #sr99 #alaskanwayviaduct
Iragersh · @Iragersh
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Interesting presentation from #Firefox browser #Pocket service. #Urban #Highways That Deserve to Die https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-03/these-urban-highways-in-north-america-need-to-die
I like lists so discussed in this article are:
#Oakland’s #I980
#Seattles's #SR99 #AlaskanWayViaduct
#Tampa’s #I275
#Denver's #I70
#Austin’s #I35
#Rochester's #I490 (InnerLoop)
#i490 #rochester #i35 #austin #i70 #denver #i275 #tampa #alaskanwayviaduct #sr99 #seattles #i980 #oakland #highways #urban #pocket #FireFox