Seattle May Not Need Alaskan Way Viaduct

"Every time a highway is closed for repairs or due to damage - such as the "Maze Meltdown" in San Francisco, in which a major off-ramp which carries over 200,000 vehicles per day was destroyed; or the recent tragedy in Minneapolis; and now the closure of Interstate 5 in Seattle - officials predict "gridlock" and "traffic chaos". However, this prediction rarely comes true, as Seattle is finding out this week. People are getting around just fine despite the closure of their major freeway. Perhaps closing another downtown Seattle freeway permanently - the Alaskan Way Viaduct - as some citizens would like to see, isn't as crazy a notion as many think."

Thanks to Kamala Rao