On August 12, 2009, the Washington State Department of Transportation WSDOT released two new video simulations to help people learn more about the proposed deep-bore tunnel to replace that the Alaskan Way Viaduct (there’s no audio with either video).

The first video, four minutes long, takes the viewer on an aerial and an underground tour of the tunnel. From the southern portal south of Qwest Field to the northern portal north of Denny Way, the video shows the route, the on-and-off ramps and the emergency exits for the $1.9 billion, 1.7 mile tunnel.

The second video, also four minutes long, guides viewers along the new surface Alaskan Way without a viaduct overhead. The video begins at Battery Street in Belltown and cruises along Elliott Avenue, heads down south of the Pike Place Market and picks up Alaskan Way just north of Pike Street, near the Seattle Aquarium. It also shows how Alaskan Way will merge with the deep-bore tunnel traffic on East Marginal Way South near Qwest Field.