6:32 PM: Thanks to the WSB’er who texted about the 1st Avenue South Bridge having a stuck-open drawspan on the SOUTHBOUND side, with major backups ensuing; WSDOT confirms this and says crews are working to fix it. Refresh this page for the latest “live” view above, showing the drawspan still “up” as we write this.
7:31 PM UPDATE: As of about 10 minutes ago, the southbound span is back to normal, and traffic is moving.
Major backup. I’ve been sitting on bus in sodo for 15 minutes. Driver just announced a re-route and now we are headed way south of michagan. Not sure where we will end up.
This is crazy – my husband has been stuck on the bridge since 6:05! There are no police to help people turn around and get out of the mess, people are just stuck and no one is able to turn around – argh!!
That sure made the commute fun. I ended up going back north and getting on the West Seattle bridge at 1st Ave S.
If people worked together, they could’ve helped each other back out of the mess and reroute traffic without police. Sometimes they aren’t always available. I’ve been in situations where we all banned together got out of the traffic mess ourselves carefully.
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