Seattle to limit heavy trucks in Pioneer Square due to structural concerns
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) plans to limit heavy vehicles in Pioneer Square starting in May, citing structural weaknesses in the underground structures beneath the historic area.
Trucks and buses over 10,000 pounds will no longer be allowed to park or drive in the lane closest to the sidewalk. Officials say this is because of concerns with brick and mortar walls at the edge of street and sidewalk, leftovers from the rebuild after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 when the street level was raised.
Today, these walls support the world above.
“The underground is simply this: a dead space. Open space between the block of buildings and the road itself,” said Mike Daugherty, a guide for Beneath the Streets.
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