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Construction is underway at the Roosevelt Light Rail Station site, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in Seattle. Seattle’s light rail currently runs through downtown Seattle to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The new stretch of rail lines will travel across Capitol Hill and to the University District, carrying passengers through subway tunnels.

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Jim Salley, section engineer for the light rail tunnel, explains the tunnel segments, six of which fit together to form one five-foot long ring of tunnel, during a press tour at the Roosevelt Station site, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, in Seattle.

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New Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff, left, board chair Dow Constantine, center, and construction manager Rick Capka tour the Roosevelt Light Rail Station site, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016.
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