Roosevelt station (Sound Transit)
Link light rail station | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 6501 12th Avenue Northeast Seattle, Washington United States | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°40′36″N 122°18′56″W / 47.67667°N 122.31556°W | |||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Sound Transit | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Bicycle parking cage, lockers, and racks | |||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 2, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
4,252 daily weekday boardings (2023)[1] 1,416,395 total boardings (2023)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Roosevelt station is a light rail station located in the Roosevelt neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is served by the 1 Line of Sound Transit's Link light rail system, which continues north to Northgate station and south to Downtown Seattle and SeaTac. The underground station consists of a single island platform connected to the surface via a mezzanine and two entrances along 12th Avenue Northeast at Northeast 65th and 67th streets.
Construction on the Northgate extension was approved by voters in a 2008 ballot measure and began in 2012. Two tunnel boring machines used to build the light rail tunnels arrived at Roosevelt station in 2015, on their way between Northgate and the University District. The station opened on October 2, 2021.
Location
Roosevelt station is located on the west side of 12th Avenue Northeast between Northeast 65th Street and Northeast 67th Street, at the heart of the
Northeast 66th Street, which lies between the station's two entrances, was rebuilt as a "green street" with
Transit-oriented development
The area surrounding the station consists of varied uses, including commercial and retail spaces along Roosevelt Way, 12th Avenue NE, and NE 65th Street. The largest land use is
In January 2012, the Seattle City Council approved a rezoning of the Roosevelt neighborhood to allow for residential buildings of up to 85 feet (26 m) adjacent to the station and 40 feet (12 m) in the surrounding 40-block area.[14][15] While the neighborhood was supportive of light rail construction and siting the station in the urban village, residents asked for a shorter 40 feet (12 m) height limit to preserve views of Roosevelt High School.[16]
Several parcels used for construction staging at Roosevelt station was opened up for transit-oriented development in 2020.[17] Sound Transit and the Seattle Office Housing offered $15 million in funds for affordable housing on the site to non-profit developers Bellwether Housing and Mercy Housing Northwest, who were selected in 2017.[18][19] The project, named Cedar Crossing, consists of 254 units reserved for low-income households (including multi-bedroom units), a child care center operated by El Centro de la Raza, and a care center for homeless families operated by Mary's Place. Construction began in 2020 and was completed in 2022.[20][21]
History
Proposals for
In the 1990s, the formation of a regional
Funding for the Northgate extension of Link light rail, then known as "North Link", was included in the 2007 Roads and Transit ballot measure, which was put before voters in November 2007. The combined $18 billion proposal was rejected, with environmentalist groups disavowing it over the roadworks portion that sought to expand regional freeways.[34] A second, transit-only measure known as "Sound Transit 2" was approved by voters in November 2008, securing funding for a light rail extension to Northgate and further north to Lynnwood.[35]
The North Link project was approved by the Sound Transit Board in June 2012, setting a $2.1 billion budget and expected completion date of 2021.[36] The contract for tunneling and station construction was awarded to JCM Northlink LLC (a joint venture of Jay Dee, Coluccio, and Michels) for $462 million in 2013.[37] Demolition of a QFC supermarket on the site began in May 2012,[38] while buildings on 12th Avenue NE, including the Standard Records building, and townhouses on NE 66th Street were also demolished later in the year.[2][39] Sound Transit broke ground on the Northgate Link Extension project on August 17, 2012, at a ceremony on the future site of Roosevelt station.[40] The majority of design work for Roosevelt station was completed in 2014 and 2015.[2][17]
Tunnel boring machines for the project were launched from the north end near Northgate station in July and November 2014. The two machines arrived at Roosevelt station in March and July 2015, respectively, completing the first 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of the 3.4-mile-long (5.5 km) tunnel between Northgate and University of Washington station.[41] Both machines continued south towards U District station, arriving in November 2015 and March 2016, respectively.[42] During construction of cross-passages for the two tunnels south of Roosevelt in May 2016, a small sinkhole formed in the front yard of a house.[43]
Hoffman Construction was awarded a $152 million contract in November 2016 to build the station's floor and supporting structures.[44] Construction on Roosevelt station's interior structures began in early 2017 and reached street level the following year.[45] The construction site's prominent 280-foot (85 m) tower crane, nicknamed "Big Red", was dismantled in March 2019.[46] Construction of the station was declared substantially complete in February 2021.[47] Roosevelt station opened on October 2, 2021, with a community festival featuring live performances and a food truck at the Northeast 66th Street plaza.[48][49]
Station layout
Street level | Exits/Entrances, ticket vending machines | |
Mezzanine level | ||
Platform level | Northbound | ← 1 Line toward Northgate (Terminus) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Southbound | 1 Line toward Angle Lake (U District) → |
Roosevelt station is located on the west side of 12th Avenue Northeast on two blocks between NE 65th and 67th streets, with entrances at the two cross streets; they are labeled Exit A for the north entrance at Northeast 67th Street and Exit B for the south entrance at Northeast 65th Street.
Art
Services
The station is served by the 1 Line, which runs between Northgate, Downtown Seattle, the Rainier Valley, and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Roosevelt station is the first southbound station from Northgate and seventeenth northbound station from Angle Lake, one stop north of U District. 1 Line trains serve Roosevelt station twenty hours a day on weekdays and Saturdays, from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.; and eighteen hours on Sundays, from 6:00 a.m. to midnight. During regular weekday service, trains operate roughly every eight to ten minutes during rush hour and midday operation, respectively, with longer headways of fifteen minutes in the early morning and twenty minutes at night. During weekends, 1 Line trains arrive at Roosevelt station every ten minutes during midday hours and every fifteen minutes during mornings and evenings. The station is approximately three minutes from Northgate station, ten minutes from Westlake station in Downtown Seattle, and 46 minutes from SeaTac/Airport station.[59] Sound Transit estimates that there will be 8,000 daily boardings at the station in 2030.[60]
Roosevelt station is also served by several King County Metro and Sound Transit Express buses that provide onward connections to surrounding neighborhoods and regional destinations. The station has five bus bays, primarily on Roosevelt Way and Northeast 65th Street.[61] King County Metro operates seven routes from Roosevelt station with connections to the University District, Greenwood, Fremont, Lake City, Sand Point, Northgate, South Lake Union, and Downtown Seattle.[61] Sound Transit Express route 522, serving the State Route 522 corridor through Kenmore, Bothell, and Woodinville, terminates at the station.[5] An additional bus bay on Roosevelt Way at Northeast 66th Street is scheduled to open in March 2023, replacing temporary Bay 4.[61][62]
Metro had planned to operate the
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