TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Foggy Friday; northbound I-5 trouble

(WS high/low bridges and Highway 99 views; more cams on the WSB Traffic page)
7:01 AM: The fog is back, and this time, as the traffic cams show, you’ll be driving through it on the main outbound routes too. If you’re headed for northbound I-5, be aware there’s a crash just before Seneca, blocking the two left lanes – and, further north, that side of the freeway is closed just before Northgate because of a fatal incident.

7:24 AM: The NB I-5 crash at Seneca has cleared; one lane is now open at the Northgate scene, but backups headed that way will last for quite some time. (added) SPD says two lanes will be open there soon.

7:41 AM: Still one lane there and might be for a while after all. And now another downtown problem – a stalled vehicle reported on NB I-5 at James.

REMINDER FOR MONDAY: Access to the downtown Water Taxi and state ferry docks changes because of seawall/99 work – as detailed here.

8:07 AM: Northbound I-5 has fully reopened at the scene near Northgate.

9:04 AM: An alert via Erika’s comment: “Be careful on the 99 ramp – a big pile of nails and screws seemed to have been dumped just prior to merging onto 99N.”

LyndaB January 9, 2015 (8:21 am)

Sad about what happened. I can confirm it cleared up.

WSB January 9, 2015 (8:40 am)

Thanks, LB. Last night on the Aurora Bridge, this morning on I-5 – I hope people will keep the Crisis Clinic hotline close by and take seriously anyone in their lives who so much as mentions the possibility of self-harm; 206-461-3222, and a TTY version too – 206-461-3210.

ericak January 9, 2015 (9:02 am)

Be careful on the 99 ramp – a big pile of nails and screws seemed to have been dumped just prior to merging onto 99N.

WSB January 9, 2015 (9:13 am)

Thanks! Added to our traffic watch – just checked the various traffic services and none of them seems to have mentioned that, so we tweeted it too. – TR

SJ2 January 9, 2015 (10:55 am)

I second that warning about the pile of nails/screws on 99. They were ALL over the ramp leading to 99. I hope nobody gets a flat.
WSB – What time was the incident on the Aurora Bridge? I work in a building right below the bridge and usually we hear about these things. I haven’t heard a peep. So sad. :(

WSB January 9, 2015 (11:12 am)

6 pm-ish – I’d have to look up the SFD log from yesterday (you can access it from http://seattle.gov/fire) for the exact time of dispatch. Listened to the rescuers frantically headed there … they even had divers in the water in hopes of a rescue. Here’s the SFD tweet: https://twitter.com/SeattleFire/status/553378377738895360

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