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SEATTLE — Visitors to the Seattle waterfront will hear the crunch of breaking concrete this February, while demolition equipment pivots through clouds of dust and mist, flexing spiked jaws that will munch the six-story-high columns and slice through rebar. For the next 5 1/2 months, crews will demolish the Alaskan Way Viaduct, working on three to five sections at a time.

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