SvR Design - Projects, Chief Sealth Trail

High Point Redevelopment

Chief Sealth Trail

Kirkland LID Feasibility Study

Kitsap SEED

Seattle Civic Center

North Cascades Environmental Learning Center

Growing Vine

Winslow Way

Blume Yale Avenue Campus

Chief Sealth Trail
Seattle, WA

Dense urban cities rarely have the opportunity to build 3.5 miles of new trail, but the City of Seattle did. Hired by the Seattle Department of Transportation, SvR designed the Chief Sealth Trail, which runs 3.5 miles from Beacon Hill south towards the Seattle City limits. A fast-track project, SvR planned and designed the project to coincide with Sound Transit's Link Light Rail construction in Rainier Valley. In a public-private partnership, the contractor RCI Herzog transported the spoils to the Seattle City Light transmission corridor where it was used as the base for the trail.

The trail accommodates a broad range of users: cyclists, pedestrians, and people with disabilities. SvR provided grading, drainage, alignment, and landscape restoration services for the trail. SvR designed plans and specifications to AASHTO Standards and coordinated closely with multiple Seattle agencies.

22 street crossings
250,000 cubic yards of fill
Merit Award, APA (American Planning Association) / PAW (Planning Association Washington) Joint Planning Awards Program
Vision 2020 Award 2006