Bellevue

An Atkinson Construction worker sprays water to control the dust as a Liebherr 950 tunnel excavator machine removes dirt from the top of Sound Transit’s tunnel under downtown Bellevue. The Tunnel is approximately one-third mile long, over 27 feet high and 34 feet wide. The tunnel broke through under Bellevue City Hall late this week. The length of the tunnel runs directly under 110th Avenue Northeast. The tunnel took about 15 months to complete using the Sequential Excavation Method and broke through five months faster than projected. The East Link of light rail is due to open in 2023.
Photographed on July 20, 2018. 207101

July 20, 2018 at 8:29 pm

An early look at the Bellevue light-rail tunnel

Employees and machines from Atkinson Construction finished digging Sound Transit’s future light-rail tunnel in Bellevue this week from East Main Street to Bellevue Downtown Station...

July 16, 2018 at 7:17 pm

Bellevue police officer faces assault, witness-tampering charges

Text messages written by Officer John Kivlin “indicate a desperation and possessiveness of the victim,” say charging papers, which detail a seven-month affair between the...

“Ghost of Tsushima” was developed by Bellevue game studio Sucker Punch Games. (Sony)

June 12, 2018 at 4:11 pm

Bellevue game studio brings ancient Japan to Playstation in ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ | E3 2018 WATCH

The stunning 8-minute trailer for “Ghost of Tsushima,” from Bellevue-based gaming studio Sucker Punch, drew huge cheers from a packed audience at Sony’s briefing in...

June 10, 2018 at 2:21 pm

Snickers for snitches: racist, anti-immigrant leaflets distributed with candy in Bellevue area

Police say they're aware of the activity but that it is likely protected by the First Amendment; ADL urges residents to report anti-immigrant activity to...

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Construction workers work on what will be a future light-rail bridge that will cross I-405 in downtown Bellevue. What looks like a roller-coaster shape is just falsework to support concrete pours, forming the bridgeâ€™s arch-shaped underside. The rails and deck surface will be nearly flat. Train service is scheduled to begin in 2023, along a $3.7 billion corridor from International District/Chinatown Station to Overlake. The finished bridge deck will be basically flat, climbing eastward at a 1.5 percent slope. NE 6th Ave. is at left, not in frame and I-405 southbound lane is at right middle and lower side of frame where the white vehicle is.

June 6, 2018 at 7:22 pm

The rail link from Seattle to Bellevue takes shape VIEW

A very visible piece of the eastside light-rail extension is the bridge crossing I-405 in downtown Bellevue. Service is projected to start in 2023 to...