Construction Photos

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• Wall 1 (N. 85th St. to NE 92nd St., east side of I-5)
• Wall 2 (N. 85th St. to NE 92nd St., west side of I-5)
• Wall 3 (N. 82nd St. to N. 80th St.)
• Wall 4 (N. 80th St. to 5th Ave. NE)

Wall 1 - Construction

Crews lower the upper portion of the wall into place.


The vertical planks of the wall are installed.


The Carsonite planks are made of a composite that is strengthened with fiberglass and filled with ground-up tire rubber.

Wall 4 - Completed

Neighborhood side of the installed noise wall near NE Longwood Place


Neighbors chose the Dry Stack Stone pattern for the neighborhood side of Wall 4.

Wall 2 - Completed

Neighborhood side of the installed noise wall near NE 92nd Street. Neighors chose the Ashlar Stone pattern.


Highway side of the installed noise wall near NE 92nd Street.

Wall 2 - Construction

The noise wall panels are delivered on large delivery trucks to the site. A large crane lifts a panel from the truck.


A crew steadies a noise wall panel and lowers it onto the foundation.


The panel is secured to the foundation.

Wall 3 - Construction

Construction workers use a drill to make a shaft for the noise wall foundation.


A crew lowers a rebar cage into a newly drilled shaft.


Concrete workers fill shafts and set the rebar cages in place.