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  • Auctioneer Donne pointed his cane to the successful bidder as he sold this brick apartment building at 603 E. 43rd St., on June 21, 1958 in a State Highway Department auction of buildings in the Seattle freeway path. (The Seattle Times archives)
    Sold!
  • House movers lead this four-unit brick apartment building on oak rollers on 18-by-20-inch beams along East 43rd Street from Pasadena Place to a new site at Eighth Avenue Northeast and East (now Northeast) 43rd Street on Aug. 28, 1958. (Seattle Times archive)
    Seattle homes saved from the I-5 wre..ball
  • Interstate 90’s twin floating bridges run through one of the city’s many hills. Plans include adding the world’s first light-rail line on a floating span, part of a $3.7 billion rail project linking Seattle and Redmond. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)
    Interstate 90’s twin floating bridges
  • Headlights reflect on the wet roadway as heavy traffic kicks up a lot of water as showers continue one afternoon in Seattle.  Looking north near the overpass that crosses I-5 at Belmont Ave. E. in Seattle. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
    Headlight reflections
  • Looking north from the Pine Street and Boren Avenue overpass. The canyon shape created by the freeway becomes really apparent from this vantage point. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Time to put a lid on I-5?
  • Looking south from the Pine Street and Boren Avenue overpass. I-5 disappears under the Convention Center and Freeway Park. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Looking south down the I-5 canyon
  • Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times
    Sitting on the rock of the bay
  • The experience of drawing traffic from the Denny Way overpass piqued the Seattle Sketcher's interest in documenting the region's congested roads. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    The I-405 traffic monster snakes thr..hell
  • Near Othello, a farmer irrigates a field with water that has traveled hundreds of miles from the Columbia River. (Tom Reese / The Seattle Times, 1991)
    Thirsty fields
  • Workmen with machines stay busy as work progresses on construction of the Connecticut Street Interchange of the freeway on May 16, 1965. Connecticut Street was renamed Royal Brougham Way after the beloved Seattle sports writer. In the background is the PacMed building, also known as Pacific Tower. (Johnny Closs / The Seattle Times)
    Connecticut Street Interchange cons..tion
  • The Ralston School (Adams County) sits out its days in the midst of a wheatfield. Two stories and made of brick, it is sturdy enough to stand many years more. (Bruce McKim / The Seattle Times, 1987)
    The Ralston School
  • Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario stands on the Denny Way overpass looking at the downtown concrete canyon that some would like to see covered with a lid. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Let the rush hour begin
  • Heavy traffic kicks up a lot of water on the freeway as showers continue to fall.  Looking north near the overpass that crosses I-5 at Belmont Ave. E. in Seattle. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
    Rear position lights
  • Engineers turned on lights of the Alaskan Way viaduct for the first time. This photograph, looking south along the viaduct's upper deck from a point near Bell Street, shows how the new structure looked at night. (George Carkonen / The Seattle Times)
    Seattle's Viaduct in 1953
  • A few loose ends of the freeway stood on their supporting structures waiting to be "plugged into" future construction. The I-90 interchange stubs, as seen from South Connecticut Street and Airport Way South, seemed to grope in space without purpose. (Ron DeRosa / The Seattle Times, 1966)
    Byway awaits the highway
  • Riders finish the last part of the Forbidden City Bicycle Tour via Northbound Alaskan Way. (Chien Chi Chang / The Seattle Times, 1993)
    1993 Forbidden City Bicycle Tour
  • This aerial photograph shows progress of construction work on elevated portions of the Seattle Freeway east of Lake Union on Oct. 1, 1962. On the hill at right is St. Mark’s Cathedral. (Paul V. Thomas / The Seattle Times)
    I-5 construction
  • (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Pier 57
  • The Seattle skyline glows from the overpass over I-5 at Belmont Ave. E and Lakeview Blvd E. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
    Night skyline
  • With the north end, at right, seemingly suspended in the air, the freeway bridge over Lake Union was reported three weeks ahead of schedule. Workmen planned to set into place the first nine, 70-foot-long steel beams to connect the two sections. (Johnny Closs / The Seattle Times, 1980)
    Bridging the gap
  • All roads seem to lead to Mount Rainier from the Madison Street overpass. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1967)
    Mount Rainier beckons
  • A journeyman guides a steel girder into place on a future ramp connecting Interstate 405 south to Highway 520 east. (Teresa Tamura / The Seattle Times, 1993)
    Steely determination
  • The idea of capping the Interstate 5 concrete canyon with a park in downtown Seattle may seem pie-in-the-sky to some. But that’s just what Mercer Island did in the 1990s. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Mercer Island put lid on traffic noise
  • Families and groups explore Franklin Falls near the Exit 47 Denny Creek/Tinkham Road Exit off of Interstate 90 outside of North Bend. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
    Falling in snow
  • Snow blankets the trees off of the Denny Creek/Tinkham Road exit off of Interstate 90. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
    Sun and snow
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