Monday, August 31, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world

Alaskan Way Seawall

The 928th tallest dam in the world

m

The Alaskan Way Seawall is a seawall which runs for approximately 7,166 feet (2, 184 m) along the Elliott Bay waterfront southwest of downtown Seattle from Bay Street to S. Washington Street. The seawall was rebuilt in the 2010s as part of a waterfront redevelopment megaproject estimated to cost over $1 billion.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More dams in United States

  1. Oroville Dam234.7 m
  2. Hoover Dam · Colorado River221 m
  3. Glen Canyon Dam216 m
  4. Ross Dam164.6 m
  5. Rampart Dam155 m

Other tall dams worldwide

  1. Rogun Dam · Tajikistan335 m
  2. Shuangjiangkou Dam · China312 m
  3. Norak Dam · Tajikistan300 m
  4. Grande Dixence dam · Switzerland285 m
  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
  7. Bhakra Dam · India225.6 m
  8. Hoover Dam · United States221 m