Seattle SR-99 Tunnel -- First Day of Tolling (09 Nov 2019) (see desc.)

[@shardannayadams4064]

Wow 🤩

[@jonstefanik9400]

Don't worry Jake. The Central Artery Tunnel in Boston was always bumpy since it opened in 2003. I liked your video.

[@JakeRoot]

Weird how that works. Thanks!

[@Liofa73]

I think they make tunnels bumpy on purpose. Keeps people focused.

[@ellerybice3787]

One of many reasons Pavement is bumpy because the supporting ground beneath is soft and always moving.

[@tima.478]

Tax you to build it, charge you to use it....DAMN!!!!!

[@margaretgarnto6272]

It's a bumpy tunnel, but it's bright and beautiful too. Always well lit and never dark.

[@chrisbailey7384]

Especially they're LED lights instead of fluorescent or high pressure sodium.

[@noahmeme2]

I didn't even know I was on a toll road until I got the bill in the mail. Google maps took me on it.

[@TransCanadaPhil]

That's a pretty long tunnel. Does that go right under the downtown area?

[@compdude100]

Yes it does.

[@SebiKoerner]

It replaces Alaskan Way.

[@sebbytoysgaming2719]

@@compdude100 What Are You Talking About?????

[@Shireman1997]

@@sebbytoysgaming2719 What do you mean? He’s right, it practically goes directly underneath the downtown area. It may run a few blocks west of downtown but it does cut through a majority of the downtown districts.

[@danielmorse6597]

Tolls, there is no thing as a good toll.

[@jayfmould904]

I think being able to change lanes in a tunnel is a bad idea. Considering those that pay no attention to the speed limits.

[@freddenver2159]

There's neat sounds in them.

[@danieldaniels7571]

As a Phoenix driver, I’m shocked at how few lanes this freeway and tunnel have. While the I-10 tunnel near downtown Phoenix is nowhere near as long, it has way more lanes with shoulders wide enough park in if you break down.

[@nightsniper8381]

If I remember correctly, Phoenix’s freeway is essentially just a freeway with a park over it, not a tunnel technically. This is an actual tunnel so more lanes would be very very expensive

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@nightsniper8381 it’s most definitely a tunnel, but it was completely dug out and then covered with a deck, which was covered with dirt and then had a park built over the top of it. It wasn’t bored like this one in Seattle, though.

[@twostop6895]

@@danieldaniels7571 Phoenix has no water, shut up

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@twostop6895 Phoenix has a water canal system that has been in use by the natives for over a thousand years. Perhaps you should shut up before publicly displaying any more ignorance.

[@twostop6895]

@@danieldaniels7571 no future in Arizona, I live western Washington where we actually have legit annual rainfall

[@smhsmh5964]

How, where, when do you pay the toll? You didn't. I'm confused 😕

[@JakeRoot]

The toll is electronic: either pay by mail (picture is taken of vehicle registration plate), or by placing a toll tag in your car. The reader is located immediately after exiting the tunnel in both instances.

[@roberthenry7922]

I rode through there back in 2019 vacationing there. Pretty neat I thought.

[@ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow]

If you are from out of town and go through, how do they bill you? Does a camera take your plate number and WSDOT sends you a bill in the mail?

[@STUDIOHUSKY1996]

Yeah pretty much. You can get it cheaper if you have some kinda app, and it's more expensive if you drive through during certain hours (rush hours), but yeah, that's pretty much how it works.

[@robertputnam6324]

So there is no way to pay cash to enter

[@sebbytoysgaming2719]

Where Did You Exit State Route 99 Northbound Tunnel

[@JakeRoot]

I exited northbound at Republican St.

[@katzgar]

DOT went for the WW2 nazi bunker look

[@jumpinjack1]

Apologize for the rain?

[@buddy19805]

Should had made 3 lanes for emergency lane and 3rd lane for peak hour traffic.

[@tima.478]

First thing I thought, why make the tunnel 2 lanes??? Not a smart move considering those 2 lanes were already outdated the day the tunnel opened for business...WOW!

[@user-de4cq6uk6l]

because it was already the world's largest tunnel-boring machine. Adding 12 feet to the diameter would've massively increased cost

[@tima.478]

@@user-de4cq6uk6l You don't actually add 12 feet for another lane...

[@17libni]

Hey bro I’ve never been to Seattle but I’ve heard about this tunnel. Why build this tunnel? I’m from Southern California

[@CoffeeBreakHQ]

To avoid the previous Alaskan Way structure from collapsing during the next earthquake, therefore avoiding a similar catastrophe akin to what transpired in San Fransisco 1989 where 42 people died.

[@PK1312]

@@CoffeeBreakHQ You're right, but just to add on to that- viaducts are often considered very ugly today, and removing them can bring a lot of money to the city via redevelopment.

[@WaluigiLebron]

@@CoffeeBreakHQ the collapse happened in Oakland not San Francisco. San Francisco had a very similar freeway called the embarcadero freeway, but that was torn down in 1991 after damage from the earthquake, but no collapse or injuries happened. The freeway in Oakland was called the cypress and that collapsed in 1989.

[@qbiack]

Wouldn't wanna be there when The Big one will strike....

[@MegaBrokenstar]

This tunnel was specifically constructed to withstand a megathrust earthquake. That’s actually why they built it to replace the viaduct (which was predicted to collapse if a megathrust ever occurred).

[@monjkenn]

I drove into this last week not realizing how long it was. I'm extremely claustrophobic so I started panicking halfway in there. :[

[@chazza47]

glad its not just me that it happens to

[@yeexiong1942]

They use our tax money to built the tunnel and then make us pay to ride through it

[@pinakinkale]

because usually they end up going into debt or build the road on credit so they use tolls to pay it off. Also maintanence etc.

[@yeexiong1942]

@@pinakinkale yeah they go into debts because they spent all our tax money on all their big mansion and new cars new clothing and top of the line food. Think about how they got all those things and we the hard working people hardly have anything. So my friend did the calculation on how much do the state gets from of our tax per day from each person who works per ours, from each item purchase at the store to each gallon of gas witch is 45 cent per gallon from million's of people they earn 70 30 million per day. How is it even possible for them to even be in debt. They don't even spend a penny on homelessness they say they do but when I ask around it turns out that all the homeless people and shelter come from people who donated the stuff so tell me if I'm wrong. That tunnel is basically was built for business not built for an easier route

[@pinakinkale]

@NULL I completely agree, but Seattle has a vast public transportation system already , and the tunnel construction was necessary due to the imminent structural failure of the viaduct. That being said public transportation>>>>

[@nate8892]

Would you prefer to be taxed for maintenance costs? Or perhaps have the highway privatized? Most people would say no, hence the tolls.

[@dwaynefossen480]

The whole state paid for that way over budget joke! Seattle should have paid for it, they use it.

[@nate8892]

That's not how public infastructure works bud.

[@Digitalgems9000]

@@nate8892 lol

[@danielmorse6597]

Its so small and clunky looking. Where are the freakin bike lanes? The homeless camps?

[@chrisbailey7384]

We live in a car dependent society.