Traffic alert: W. Marginal Way/Highland Park Way closed

Several people have reported that the West Marginal Way SW/Highland Park Way SW intersection is closed this morning. The new Seattle City Light outage-tracker map indicates a 4-customer outage in that area, attributed to “car vs. pole,” and one WSB Forums member reports power problems in the middle of the night (we noted a flicker via Twitter around 2 am, but the outage tracker didn’t show anything immediately afterward). We’re on our way to check out the scene. 11:25 AM: HP Way is blocked off at the bottom of the hill and City Light trucks are in action about a block uphill. 12:56 PM: We went by a short time ago, still closed, City Light still at work. Photo added. 3:42 PM: Though we went back around 2, only to see the road still closed, the City Light tracker has since cleared the outage. Don’t know for sure if that means the road has reopened too – but we’ll go back again to check when we can, if we don’t get confirmation sooner. Meantime, via Facebook, Brian says he was one of the first on the scene of the crash that caused this, around 1:42 am.

3 Replies to "Traffic alert: W. Marginal Way/Highland Park Way closed"

  • visitor October 24, 2010 (1:22 pm)

    oh that sucks!

  • Vicki Martinez October 24, 2010 (4:49 pm)

    We just drove by and can confirm that Highland Park Way is now open.

    • WSB October 24, 2010 (5:02 pm)

      THANKS, Vicki – I haven’t gotten out of the house yet. That saves time and fuel :) – TR

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