Photo tour: Sound Transit’s Link light rail construction in Snohomish County

With updated health and safety procedures in place to address COVID-19 concerns, construction of Sound Transit’s Link light rail extension into Snohomish County has progressed throughout the spring and early summer.

Please see below updated photos from work building the future light rail stations in Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood, as well as earthwork along the future track route. To learn more about the Lynnwood Link Extension project and its 2024 opening, you can visit Sound Transit’s project page here: Lynnwood Link Extension. 

Concrete columns to support the future Mountlake Terrace station. The earthwork in the upper left of the image will eventually be a temporary parking lot and bus loop during light rail station construction.  

Concrete columns being poured to support the future Mountlake Terrace station.

Looking south at concrete columns to support the future elevated light rail tracks.

A rendering of the future Mountlake Terrace light rail station at the Mountlake Terrace Transit Center, looking south.
(Courtesy Sound Transit)

The light rail tracks will cross I-5 just north of the current Mountlake Terrace Transit Center Freeway Station (seen in the background), which is currently closed for this construction. This view is looking south from the 228th St SW bridge.

The light rail tracks will come from the left (south) side of this image, cross to the west side of I-5, on the right, and then travel north to the Lynnwood City Center station at the Lynnwood Transit Center.

Column and foundation work to support the future light rail tracks.

Looking north along the west side of I-5 from the 228th St SW bridge.

Future light rail path along the west side of I-5, looking south from 212th St SW.

Column and support work for the future Lynnwood City Center station at the Lynnwood Transit Center.

Column and support work for the future Lynnwood City Center station at the Lynnwood Transit Center.

Support columns on the northeast side of the Lynnwood Transit Center.

A rendering of the future Lynnwood City Center light rail station, at the current Lynnwood Transit Center
(Courtesy Sound Transit)

A panorama from the Interurban Trail showing the scale of the future Lynnwood City Center light rail station.