Airport patrons using daily parking used to park in the surface lot in front of the Airport. However, the lot frequently filled up as passenger levels grew. It became clear that thousands more spaces would be needed. Photo taken in 1999.

A sign of things to come, visible to drivers approaching the Main Terminal.

Excavation at the site of Daily Garage #1.

A temporary plant is set up to produce the large amounts of concrete which will be needed in the construction of two parking garages. Photo from June 2001.

Construction underway on a tunnel which will allow public access between Daily Garage #1 and the Main Terminal. The "cut and cover" tunneling method was used to construct the tunnel. Photo from June, 2001.

Aerial view showing Daily Garage #1 construction in the foreground, and Daily Garage #2 construction on the right. Photo from July 2001.

Aerial view shows Daily Garage #2 construction in the center of the photo. Daily Garage #1 construction is visible on the left. Photo from July, 2001.

Digging continues on this segment of the "cut and cover" pedestrian tunnel connecting Daily Garage #1 with the Main Terminal. Photo from November 2001.

A pedestrian connector between Daily Garage #2 and the Main Terminal takes shape. Photo from November, 2001.

An elevator shaft under construction in Daily Garage #1. Photo from December 2001.

Pouring the concrete floor for the ramp which runs down from Daily Garage #1 to the pedestrian tunnel. Photo from January 2002.

Good view of a northern section of the cut-and-cover tunnel, where the hourly parking lot covers it today. Photo from January 2002

Airport roadways were temporarily re-routed while the tunnel from Daily Garage #1 to the Main Terminal was constructed in sections. Photo from January 2002.

Aerial view shows Daily Garage #2 nearing completion at the left, and Daily Garage #1 still under construction in the background. Photo from January 2002.

Only a couple of service vehicles can be seen on Daily Garage #2 before it was fully striped and opened to the public. Photo from January 2002.

Daily Garage #2, seen from ground level. The connecting pedestrian bridge in the foreground would later be covered to shield passengers from the weather. Photo from January 2002.

Inside the pedestrian tunnel between Daily Garage #1 and the Main Terminal, final interior fittings remain to be placed. Photo from February 2002.

Framework for covering the pedestrian walkway between Daily Garage #2 and the Main Terminal. Photo from 2002.

Workers putting the finishing touches around the area where the escalator will carry passengers from the underground walkway up to the Main Terminal. Photo from February 2003.

Nice aerial view taken in 2003 after both new Daily Parking Garages were completed. The Main Terminal and Concourses B, C, and D are visible in the background.