Northgate Link Extension
Project Highlights
Mode:
- Link light rail
Start of service:
Open for service: 2021
Overview:
Northgate Link Extension will connect the Northgate, Roosevelt and U District neighborhoods to downtown Seattle and the airport. Fast, reliable service will provide relief to one of the region's most congested traffic areas.
Phase:
- Construction
Facts:
Length: 4.3 miles
Ride time: 14 minutes from Northgate to downtown
Budget: $1.9 billion
Construction type: tunnel, elevated and surface
Funding partners: Construction funding is combination of federal grants, motor vehicle excise tax (MVET) and local sales tax
Region
- Seattle Area
Latest news
- Monday night lane closure: Northbound lane on Montlake Blvd NE between NE Pacific Street and PlaceSep 14, 2017: As early as Monday, Sept. 18, Sound Transit's contractor will restore the area where a dewatering well was installed.
- One night closure: Banner Way NE and NE 80th StSep 14, 2017: As early as 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept....
- Lane closure: Banner Way NE and NE 76th and NE 78th StSep 8, 2017: As early as Tuesday, Sept....
- Northgate Station garage nighttime concrete pourAug 24, 2017: Friday evening, Aug....
- Nighttime storm sewer line final repair and testing on 1st Ave NEAug 18, 2017: Starting Monday, Aug....
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