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When the North Cascades Highway opened in September 1972, it lasted just two months before snow closed the 37-mile stretch through Washington’s North Cascades mountain range. The two-month window was a fitting omen of what was to come for the roadway.

As Washington State Dept. of Transportation officials look toward a fall 2018 opening of the 1.7-mile-long bored tunnel under downtown Seattle that will replace the aging 1953-opened Alaskan Way Viaduct, the final contract in the $3.3-billion project to tear down the viaduct was awarded to Kiewit Infrastructure West.

Work is progressing steadily higher on the new 17-story Multnomah County Central Courthouse near the Willamette River in downtown Portland.

The fjord at the new Nordic Museum in Seattle's Ballard may not have ocean water flowing through it, but still serves as a symbolic architectural focal point for the $45-million, 57,000-sq-ft building.

Sound Transit's plan to implement bus rapid transit lines on three major highways around Lake Washington near Bellevue includes projects that will add road lanes and stations.

The structural concrete foundation and wall placements are complete for the effluent management facility.

The start of construction on a new maintenance facility marks a major milestone for Sound Transit and the agency’s effort to extend light rail from Seattle to outlying communities.

The North American headquarters of Adidas may double in size in north Portland with a planned 2018 expansion.

Multnomah County knows it needs a seismic fix to the 92-year-old Burnside Bridge over the Willamette River in downtown Portland. County officials just aren't sure how they are going to pull it off.