RIP, Alaskan Way Viaduct
![RIP, Alaskan Way Viaduct](/content/images/size/w2000/2019/01/6282365492_1098504dbe_o.jpg)
The Alaskan Way Viaduct closed for good this evening. Next month, the replacement tunnel will open.
Here's the announcement that was posted on the viaduct web site 20 minutes ago:
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Earlier this evening, people were celebrating the end of an era:
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I just finished browsing through photos I've taken of the viaduct in recent years, and here are a few favorites ...
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I'll miss late night drives along the viaduct.
![](https://www.dougmahugh.com/content/images/2019/01/2951570111_08e52720fa_o.jpg)
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Just before midnight on a Monday evening in December 2010, 1 year-old Jamie took 3 month-old Alice for a walk under the viaduct:
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