Engineering Department R.H. Thomson Freeway Records,

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1 Engineering Department R.H. Thomson Freeway Records, Overview of the Collection Creator Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept. Title Engineering Department R.H. Thomson Freeway Records Dates (inclusive) Quantity 5.8 cubic feet, (7 boxes) Collection Number Summary Engineering and property records concerning a proposed freeway in Seattle. Repository Seattle Municipal Archives Seattle Municipal Archives Office of the City Clerk City of Seattle PO Box Seattle, WA Telephone: Fax: archives@seattle.gov Access Restrictions Records are open to the public. Languages Sponsor English Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Historical Note The Seattle Engineering Department (SED) maintained the City's streets and bridges, designed and oversaw construction of public works projects, provided traffic and transportation planning, and operated the sewer and solid waste utility. The position of City Surveyor was created in 1873 to survey the City, establish boundaries and street grades, and administer condemnation processes. This position was renamed City Engineer in In 1931, the Engineering Department absorbed part of the Department of Public Utilities, and in 1936, it assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Streets and Sewers and the Traffic Department. In 1997, the water, solid waste, drainage, and wastewater utilities from the Engineering and Water departments were merged with the Engineering Services Division of SED and the Customer Service Call Center and Construction Engineering Sections of City Light to form Seattle Public Utilities. The traffic and transportation functions of the Engineering Department were consolidated in the Seattle Transportation Department. 1

2 Content Description Reports, surveys, correspondence, meeting minutes, presentational material, photographs, maps court papers, and property appraisals relating to R. H. Thomson Freeway planning. Subjects addressed include earthquake studies, routes, a tunnel under Union Bay, property acquisition and management, the Arboretum and City Council hearings. The freeway was begun but never finished. Use of the Collection Preferred Citation [Item and date], Seattle Engineering Department R.H. Thomson Freeway Records, Record Series Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives. Administrative Information Arrangement Arranged into four series: Correspondence, Reports and Surveys, Court Section Files and City Council Hearing Transcripts. Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. Correspondence, Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 1/1 Agreements, Temp Connection to Evergreen Point Bridge /2 Correspondence /3 Correspondence /4 Correspondence /5 Correspondence /6 Correspondence

3 1/7 Correspondence /8 Correspondence /9 Correspondence /10 Correspondence /11 Correspondence /12 Correspondence /13 Correspondence /14 Correspondence /15 Correspondence /16 Correspondence /17 Correspondence /18 Correspondence /1 Correspondence /2 Correspondence /3 Correspondence /4 Correspondence /5 Correspondence /6 Correspondence /7 Correspondence 2/8 Correspondence 2/9 Correspondence 3

4 2/10 Correspondence 2/11 Correspondence 2/12 Correspondence /13 Correspondence Reports and Surveys, Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 2/14 Reconnaissance Report Canal to Bothell Way /15 Temporary Connection of Evergreen Point Bridge /16 Transportation Study, Eastern Seattle /17 Canal Crossing, Relative Merits of Bridge vs. Tunnel /18 Concept Studies /19 Crossing Union Bay, Design Report /20 Crossing Union Bay, Design Study /21 Crossing Union Bay, Earthquake Investigations /22 Crossing Union Bay, Property Progress Seismological Observation /1 Crossing Union Bay, Earthquake Test Program 3/2 Crossing Union Bay, Seismological Observation /3 NE 45 St Interchange, Interim Plan 11, C Mod 2 and Alt /4 NE 50 to NE 60, Plans Above and Below Railroad Track

5 3/5 North of Canal, Cost Estimate for Plan /6 North of Canal, N.E. 65 Versus N.E /7 North of Canal, Preliminary Interchange Study /8 North of Canal, Right of Way Cost Estimates /9 North of Canal, Railroad Bridge Near 47th Street /10 Preliminary Study of Major Arterial Street (95th- 110th /11 Route Hearing for Arboretum Interchange to 97th Street /12 North of Canal, 50th and Sand Point Expr Route Loc Study /13 North of Canal, Traffic Volume Studies, Volume /1 Study of Incorporate Rapid Transit with Freeway /2 Technical Supplement Empire Expressway Crossing /3 North of Canal, Traffic Volume Studies, Volume /4 North of Canal Traffic Volume Studies /5 Canal To Bothell Way Traffic Volumes /6 Union Bay Crossing Delay Studies 1967 Court Section Files, Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 4/7 Thomson Way Restudy 4/8 Title Reports, E. Madison St to E. Calhoun St /9 Title Reports, E. Madison St to E. Calhoun St

6 4/10 Title Reports, E. Madison St to E. Calhoun St /11 Title Reports, E. Madison St to E. Calhoun St /12 E. Madison to E. Union (Incl. Photographs) /13 E. Aloha to E. Union /14 E. Calhoun to E. Aloha /15 E. Calhoun to E. Aloha /16 Extension of Empire Way Freeway From E. Roy to Calhoun St, Prelim Est. of Condemnation Expense /17 RH Thomson Expressway Correspondence /18 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project 4/19 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, 2525 E. McGraw St (Incl Photographs) 4/20 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, th Ave E. (Incl. Photograph) 4/21 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, 2532 E. Lynn St 4/22 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, 2528 E. Lynn St 4/23 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, 2524 E. Lynn St 4/24 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, th Ave E. 4/25 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, th Ave E. 4/26 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, th Ave E

7 4/27 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, th Ave E. 4/28 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, th Ave E. 4/29 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, 1508 Arboretum Pl 4/30 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, th Ave E. 4/31 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, th Ave E. 4/32 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, th Ave E. 4/33 RH Thomson Expressway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project, Vacant Lots #16 (Incl Photographs) undated 5/1 City - State Agreements /2 Limited Access Plan, E. Aloha St to E. Calhoun St, Map /3 Tube Crossing (Union Bay) Photos, Drawings, Maps undated 5/4 Tube Crossing (Union Bay) /5 Tube Crossing (Union Bay) /6 Tube Crossing (Union Bay) /7 Test Borings on Lake Washington Canal undated 5/8 Empire Way Expressway: Arboretum Conn-Temp /9 E. Calhoun to E. Aloha /10 E. Calhoun to E. Aloha Hardship Cases (Individuals) /11 E. Calhoun to E. Aloha Hardship Cases (Individuals) 7

8 5/12 E. Calhoun to E. Aloha Hardship Cases (Individuals) /13 Arboretum Appraisals /14 Arboretum, Incl. Appraisals /15 Property Maps undated 5/16 Photographs - Aerial and Others undated 5/17 Route - E. Calhoun to E. Aloha History /18 Route, R. H. Thomson /19 Route, Arboretum Interchange to Bothell (Incl. Photographs) /20 Arboretum Interchange /21 Route Hearing, 6/16/1961, Arboretum Interchange to Union St /22 Hearing 9/13/1963 Exhibits /23 RH Thomson Expressway Limited Access I /24 RH Thomson Expressway Limited Access I /25 Route Hearing: Arboretum to N. 97th (Includes Photographs) /26 RH Thomson Expressway Limited Access II Hearing /27 RH Thomson Expressway Limited Access II Hearing (Includes Photographs) /1 RH Thomson Expressway Limited Access II Hearing /2 RH Thomson Expressway Limited Access II Hearing /3 RH Thomson Limited Access III, Washington Supreme Court Brief undated 6/4 RH Thomson Limited Access III, 5/27/1965 Hearing

9 6/5 RH Thomson Limited Access III /6 RH Thomson Limited Access III Filmed Drawings undated City Council Hearing Transcripts, Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 6/7 Streets and Sewers Committee, Limited Access Features, Calhoun St to Aloha St 7/1 Committee of the Whole, RHT, E. Calhoun St to E. Aloha St, 4/30/1962 7/2 Committee of the Whole, RHT, E. Calhoun St to E. Aloha St, 5/3/ /3 Route Hearing, Arboretum Interchange to NE 97, 9/13/ /4 Meeting, State Highway Commission With Mayor and Council, 9/26/ /5 Public Hearing, RHT, E. Aloha St to E. Calhoun St, 5/27/ /6 Public Hearing, RHT, E. Aloha St to E. Calhoun St, 10/11/ /7 1st Ave South Bridge Aerial Photos 1963 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Express highways--washington (State)--Seattle Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.) R.H. Thomson Freeway (Seattle, Wash.) Union Bay (Wash.) Washington Park Arboretum Corporate Names : Seattle (Wash.). Engineering Dept. Geographical Names : Seattle (Wash.) Form or Genre Terms : 9

10 Maps Photographs Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness