Capitol Hill Station’s big red crane is on the move northward to start work at Roosevelt Station. (Photo by Capitol Hill Seattle. Used with permission.)
Roosevelt Station news
A big ol’ tower crane used to help construct the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station is finished with its job on Broadway and is shortly headed north to the Roosevelt Station construction site. Sound Transit plans to start delivery of Big Red* early Sunday morning on August 10. Due to the size of the loads, the crane parts must be delivered at night to minimize traffic disruptions and such.
Delivery times are as follows:
- 2-6 AM on Sunday, August 10
- Midnight-3:30 AM on Monday, August 11 through Wednesday, August 13.
Residents may hear “intermittent truck noise” as the crane parts arrive and are off-loaded at the construction site.
From CHS’s pre-crane-removal coverage:
The Krøll 1800 (Capitol Hill’s is the metric model) was set up with its enormous 250-foot jib about 100 feet off the ground. The model can be as tall as 200 feet. It can lift more than 30,000 pounds at full extension and more than 130,000 when operating at a shorter radius, according to the manufacturer.
Some pictures of Big Red’s assembly can be seen here. The crane was installed at the Capitol Hill Station construction site back in late January, 2011.
Visit Sound Transit’s Roosevelt Station project page here.
*My nickname for the crane. It is big and red, after all.
U District Station news
The U District Station construction site is a busy one. Look for this trend to continue in August.
1. The L-shaped pedestrian pathway between NE 43rd Street and Brooklyn Ave NE (around the NW corner of University Manor) is complete! But it has business hours: 7 AM-6 PM, Monday through Friday. Outside of those hours and on weekends, your options for getting around the construction site are:
- 12th Avenue NE to NE 42nd Street or NE 45th Street
- Brooklyn Avenue NE to NE 42nd Street or NE 43rd Street
- University Way NE to NE 42nd Street or NE 45th Street
2. Drilling along the shoring walls is almost complete! Only the south shoring wall is left (currently 75% finished), and expected to finish up by the end of August.
3. Station excavation has already started on the north end of the site. (Brenda IS on her way, after all.) Trucks are hauling station box dirt and such off-site down Brooklyn Avenue NE. More on station box excavation:
As crews dig down, they will install long nails, called tie-backs, into the soil to secure the underground station walls. Crews will also be installing long metal beams, called struts and wales, across the top and sides of the box. These braces hold the soil during station excavation. Crews will dig until they reach about 95 feet below ground. Excavation will be ongoing through spring 2015.
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