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  1. 62 relations: Alaskan husky, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Broadway (Seattle), Cal Anderson Park, Capitol Hill station, Capitol Hill, Seattle, Cellular network, City block, Contingency plan, Convention Place station, Distributed antenna system, Double-track railway, Downtown Seattle, Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, Federal Transit Administration, First Hill Streetcar, First Hill, Seattle, Grade (slope), Groundbreaking, Herrenknecht, Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Husky Stadium, Interstate 5 in Washington, KING-TV, Light rail, Link light rail, Mary E. Peters, Montlake Cut, Montlake, Seattle, New Austrian tunneling method, Northgate Link tunnel, Northgate, Seattle, Paramount Theatre (Seattle), Patty Murray, Portage Bay, Puget Sound Business Journal, Rush hour, Seattle, Seattle Center Monorail, Seattle Central College, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Sound Transit, South Lake Union Streetcar, T-Mobile US, The Daily of the University of Washington, The Seattle Times, Tunnel, Tunnel boring machine, U District station, ... Expand index (12 more) »

  2. 2012 establishments in Washington (state)
  3. Link light rail
  4. Tunnels completed in 2012
  5. Underground rapid transit in the United States

Alaskan husky

The Alaskan husky is a breed of medium-sized working sled dog, developed specifically for its performance as such.

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The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) is a professional association for mining and metallurgy, with over 145,000 members.

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Broadway (Seattle)

Broadway is a major north–south thoroughfare in Seattle, Washington.

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Cal Anderson Park

Cal Anderson Park is a public park on Seattle, Washington's Capitol Hill that includes Lincoln Reservoir and Bobby Morris Playfield.

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Capitol Hill station

Capitol Hill station is a light rail station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Capitol Hill, Seattle

Capitol Hill is a densely populated residential district in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Cellular network

A cellular network or mobile network is a telecommunications network where the link to and from end nodes is wireless and the network is distributed over land areas called cells, each served by at least one fixed-location transceiver (typically three cell sites or base transceiver stations).

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City block

A city block, residential block, urban block, or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design.

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Contingency plan

A contingency plan, or alternate plan, also known colloquially as Plan B, is a plan devised for an outcome other than in the usual (expected) plan.

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Convention Place station

Convention Place was a bus station in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Distributed antenna system

A distributed antenna system (DAS) is a network of spatially separated antenna nodes connected to a common source via a transport medium that provides wireless service within a geographic area or structure.

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Double-track railway

A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.

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Downtown Seattle

Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington.

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Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel

The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT), also referred to as the Metro Bus Tunnel, is a pair of public transit tunnels in Seattle, Washington, United States. University Link tunnel and Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel are 1500 V DC railway electrification, link light rail and underground rapid transit in the United States.

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Federal Transit Administration

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems.

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First Hill Streetcar

The First Hill Streetcar, officially the First Hill Line, is a streetcar route in Seattle, Washington, United States, forming part of the modern Seattle Streetcar system.

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First Hill, Seattle

First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Grade (slope)

The grade (US) or gradient (UK) (also called stepth, slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod, turf-cutting, or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project.

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Herrenknecht

Herrenknecht AG is a German company that manufactures tunnel boring machines, headquartered in Allmannsweier, Schwanau, Baden-Württemberg.

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Hitachi Zosen Corporation

is a major Japanese industrial and engineering corporation.

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Husky Stadium

Husky Stadium (officially Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is an outdoor football stadium in the northwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.

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Interstate 5 in Washington

Interstate 5 (I-5) is an Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States that serves as the region's primary north–south route.

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KING-TV

KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC.

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Light rail

Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit.

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Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Mary E. Peters

Mary E. Peters (born December 4, 1948) is an American government official who served as the 15th United States secretary of transportation from 2006 to 2009, under President George W. Bush.

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Montlake Cut

The Montlake Cut is the easternmost section of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which passes through the city of Seattle, linking Lake Washington to Puget Sound.

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Montlake, Seattle

Montlake is a wealthy residential neighborhood in central Seattle, Washington.

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New Austrian tunneling method

The New Austrian tunneling method (NATM), also known as the sequential excavation method (SEM) or sprayed concrete lining method (SCL), is a method of modern tunnel design and construction employing sophisticated monitoring to optimize various wall reinforcement techniques based on the type of rock encountered as tunneling progresses.

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The Northgate Link tunnel is a light rail tunnel in Seattle, Washington, United States. University Link tunnel and Northgate Link tunnel are 1500 V DC railway electrification and link light rail.

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Northgate, Seattle

Northgate is a neighborhood in north Seattle, Washington, named for and surrounding Northgate Mall, the first covered mall in the United States.

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Paramount Theatre (Seattle)

The Paramount Theatre is a 2,807-seat performing arts venue located at 9th Avenue and Pine Street in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Patty Murray

Patricia Lynn Murray (born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2023 and the senior United States Senator from Washington since 1993.

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Portage Bay

Portage Bay is a body of water, often thought of as the eastern arm of Lake Union, that forms a part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle, Washington.

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Puget Sound Business Journal

The Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ) is a weekly American City Business Journals publication containing articles about business people, issues, and events in the greater Seattle, Washington area.

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Rush hour

A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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Seattle Center Monorail

The Seattle Center Monorail is an elevated straddle-beam monorail line in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Seattle Central College

Seattle Central College is a public college in Seattle, Washington.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as the Seattle P-I, the Post-Intelligencer, or simply the P-I) is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport is the primary international airport serving Seattle and its metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Sound Transit

Sound Transit (ST), officially the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, is a public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.

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South Lake Union Streetcar

The South Lake Union Streetcar, officially the South Lake Union Line, is a streetcar route in Seattle, Washington, United States, forming part of the Seattle Streetcar system.

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T-Mobile US

T-Mobile US, Inc. is an American wireless network operator headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

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The Daily of the University of Washington

The Daily of the University of Washington, usually referred to in Seattle simply as The Daily, is the student newspaper of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA.

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The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington.

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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway.

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Tunnel boring machine

A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole" or a "worm", is a machine used to excavate tunnels.

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U District station

U District station is a light rail station on the 1 Line of Sound Transit's Link light rail system in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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United States Secretary of Transportation

The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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University District, Seattle

The University District (commonly, the U District) is a major district in Seattle, Washington, comprising several distinct neighborhoods.

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University of Washington

The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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University of Washington Medical Center

The University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) is a hospital in the University District of Seattle, Washington.

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University of Washington station

University of Washington station is a light rail station on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Volunteer Park (Seattle)

Volunteer Park is a park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Washington Huskies

The Washington Huskies are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Washington, located in Seattle.

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Westlake station (Sound Transit)

Westlake station is a light rail station that is part of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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1 Line (Sound Transit)

The 1Line, formerly Central Link, is a light rail line in Seattle, Washington, United States, and part of Sound Transit's Link light rail system. University Link tunnel and 1 Line (Sound Transit) are 1500 V DC railway electrification and link light rail.

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1925 serum run to Nome

The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy and The Serum Run, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across in days, saving the small town of Nome and the surrounding communities from a developing epidemic of diphtheria.

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See also

2012 establishments in Washington (state)

Link light rail

Tunnels completed in 2012

Underground rapid transit in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Link_tunnel

Also known as Sound Transit University Link, U Link, U-Link, University Link, University Link Extension.

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