Oversize load PA to OH

Dayyum, that's been a WHILE. Can't remember the name of the outfit that makes the machines, but I remember when they were first developing and testing their machines they used the Lower Town Wall in Index, WA. Really pissed off us rock climbers. That was back in the '80's.

 

A multi mile tunnel on the waterfront in a combination of ancient glacier moraine gravel, clay, and boulders...

... what could possibly go wrong?

 

Yeah, I forget to mention the liquifation during earthquakes. The entire SODO district is in a liquifaction zone. That loose clay, gravel, and sand turns to liquid during an earthquake. There's a fault that runs right under the proposed tunnel. It's been almost six years since I lived in Seattle. Did they tear down the Alaska Way Viaduct already? If so, and if they won't build the tunnel, the waterfront is screwed.

 

REALLY good article. I've been through a few earthquakes. They certainly get your attention. Fortunately I was always on solid (if shaking) ground. There's nothing like "surfing the earth" and seeing waves roll across the back 40. I was seven the first time.

Now I live in the most active earthquake region of the country: Oklahoma. Go figure.