TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday updates; Beach Drive/Lincoln Park bicyclist alert; this week’s Traffic Throwback view…

(Four WS-relevant views; more cams on the WSB Traffic page)
6:21 AM: Good morning! We start with today’s alerts:

SW ORCHARD PAVING: Today’s the day Seattle Public Utilities‘ ongoing project at Orchard/Delridge expects to start repaving work, which means lane closures starting as early as 7:30 am on the westbound side.

BEACH DRIVE/LINCOLN PARK BICYCLIST ALERT: We’ve been sharing traffic alerts related to the Murray CSO Control Project for a long time – and there’s a new one this morning, specifically for bicycle riders using the south end of Beach Drive and the connecting Lincoln Park trail:

King County wants you to know about uneven road conditions along the 7000 block of Beach Dr. SW, just north of the trail into Lincoln Park. Due to a King County sewer project the road next to Lowman Beach Park could have loose gravel, pavement cuts, uneven surfaces, and steel plates on it for the next three months. To protect public safety, a number of vehicle and pedestrian restrictions are now in effect. Flaggers directing traffic around the site will ask bicyclists to walk their bikes through the area during work hours. Car access is limited to local and emergency access only. Pedestrians are being directed to the western sidewalk around the work area. This work is part of a King County project to build an underground storage tank that will keep sewage and stormwater out of Puget Sound during storms. Thank you for your patience during construction – and stay safe! For more information, please contact the 24-hour construction hotline: 206-205-9186.

And our almost-every-week Traffic Throwback Thursday feature:

ALONG CHARLESTOWN: Before that big blue water tank, Charlestown/40th was home to a collection of storage tanks. The photo, dated 1923, is from the Seattle Municipal Archives. Click it to open the page with a full-size view.

8:18 AM: From SDOT, a bridge alert:

Reported stall partially blocking the EB West Seattle Br 1st Ave S off-ramp. Please be cautious. pic.twitter.com/Cj7us0zZXC

— seattledot (@seattledot) August 13, 2015

8:37 AM: SDOT says that stall has now “cleared the roadway.”

8:48 AM: Next traffic alert that might affect the outbound commute – a crash on northbound I-5 at Seneca.

wsgal August 13, 2015 (7:41 am)

Love seeing the old photos of WS, keep ’em comin’! I would guess that house down the street on the left side of the photo is still there today, from what you can see of it, it looks a lot like the one in that area.

Alan August 13, 2015 (10:12 am)

Here is approximately the same angle today from Google Maps.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5701787,-122.3828236,3a,75y,127.53h,83.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syGtFP-WkOYNmRxHPA4hp9g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Yes, the house down on 38th and Charleston is still there. There is also the roofline of another house (still there) visible in the photo but hidden by trees now.

cjboffoli August 13, 2015 (2:13 pm)

Alan, I’ll do you one better than that. A few years back I made some photo mashups by going around with some historic photographs and attempting to reshoot them from approximately the same position. These water towers were one of them:

http://bit.ly/1JWls17