Sunday, December 28, 2008

I 90 tunnel at Seattle

Th e beautiful tunnels make the scnerio more charming .Here I'm telling you about I 90 tunnel .I 'm not in position to show the photographs.Still the description will give you something that you can draw amap in your mind.Interstate 90 in Washington (I-90) is a 296.92-mile (477.85 km) highway in the U.S. state of Washington that extends from SR 519 in Seattle to its border with Idaho. Serving the cities of Seattle, Bellevue, Issaquah, Ellensburg, Moses Lake, Ritzville, and Spokane, it is the major route eastwards to Missoula, Montana, Rapid City, South Dakota, Chicago, Illinois, Buffalo, New York, Albany, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts.Essentially, it is the only Interstate Highway to connect Western Washington to Eastern Washington, but there are 2 U.S. Routes that also do the same, and they are U.S. Route 2, and U.S. Route 12, along with a few state highways. I-90 is also the only highway in Washington to connect the two largest cities in the state (Seattle and Spokane).[8][9] The road is the third busiest in the state, behind I-5 at 240,000[10] and I-405 at 201,000.[10] An estimated 148,000 motorists utilize the road daily. I-90 incorporates two of the longest floating bridges in the world, the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge, which cross Lake Washington from Seattle to Mercer Island, Washington. They are the second and fifth longest such bridges, respectively.After crossing Lake Washington, I-90 enters Mercer Island and goes under the Mercer Island Lid at West Mercer Way and emerges at 76th Avenue SE before[13] leaving Mercer Island to cross over Lake Washington again on the shorter East Channel Bridge into Eastside. Once in Eastside, the highway enters Bellevue and travels east to Bellevue Way, where the express lanes merge with I-90 or keep going to exit off to I-405Seattle.I-90 and its express lanes (middle) go east across Lake Washington on the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge.
Interstate 90 has a 7.45-
mile (11.99 km) long[2] reversible express lane that go across Lake Washington from Seattle to Bellevue. The express lane starts at two different locations, one at the southern terminus of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel and the other at a signalled intersection at 5th Avenue S., S. Dearborn Street, and Airport Way S. The lanes turn east and travel in a separated right-of-way before traveling towards the middle of I-90 east of the interchange with I-5. This section is bi-directional, containing two lanes separated by a barrier, and allows buses to use the lanes in both directions at all times. From there, the lanes travel through the Mount Baker Tunnel and onto the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge, sharing the bridge with the westbound lanes. From there, the lanes travel through Mercer Island and ends at its terminus with the I-90 interchange with Bellevue Way, with ramps connections to mainline I-90 and I-405.[20][12][14][21]. This is the beginning tour for the Boeing's own creation of a Aero Space Musiuam previously where Boeing started there Aeroplane construction Factory in 1917.We will continue to give the best of my journey that is really very exciting for me.



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