TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday watch, plus weekend alert

(WS high/low bridges and Highway 99 views; more cams on the WSB Traffic page)
Good morning and happy foggy Friday! While we watch this morning’s traffic, a new alert for this weekend (and next):

1ST AVENUE SOUTH TRAFFIC ALERT FOR NEXT 2 WEEKENDS: Received overnight from SDOT:

First Avenue South alongside Safeco Field is getting some restorative work done on two upcoming weekends, weather permitting. Crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation are repairing the street following work on underground utilities.

The southbound, left hand lane at Atlantic Street will be closed from 7 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 until Sunday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. The center turn lane on the south side of Atlantic will also be closed both days, but will be open at night. Police Officers will assist traffic. The following weekend, Feb. 28 and March 1, the paving crews plan to work at the same location and during the same hours.

And in case you missed it:

HIGHWAY 99 TUNNEL MACHINE’S BREAKTHROUGH: The machine made it through the repair-pit wall on Thursday – but this leg of its journey isn’t over yet. (ADDED 7:40 AM: View into the pit this morning:)

Also:

DELRIDGE/ANDOVER PROJECT’S NEW START DATE: As reported in our coverage of the Delridge Neighborhoods District Council meeting, the work at Delridge/Andover/23rd is now set to start March 2nd.

7:33 AM: If you’re traveling northbound 99 north of downtown, two lanes are blocked at Howe St., so it’s slow going.

4 Replies to "TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday watch, plus weekend alert"

  • John February 20, 2015 (10:24 am)

    Someone asked this question on a previous post and I thought it was a good one: Once Bertha is fixed and gets under way again, what’s the plan for filling in the pit so that it’s stable? (Sorry if the answer was already given in the other post; I didn’t notice it.)

  • BlairJ February 20, 2015 (11:07 am)

    I’ve been wondering that too. You would definitely want to compact the fill as you fill in the hole above the tunnel. But that compacted fill will be surrounded by a mish-mash of ancient sedimentary deposits, historical loose fill and more recent compacted fill. So there could be uneven settling on the surface in the decades to come.

  • ForPitsSake February 20, 2015 (11:34 am)

    Just fill it with Loop

  • Rick February 20, 2015 (2:22 pm)

    C’mon now folks. The answer is obvious. Fill it with $money$.

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