(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
(Click any view for a close-up; more cameras on the WSB Traffic page)
6:43 AM: Good morning. We start with a transit cancellation – Metro just announced Route 57 leaving The Junction at 7:06 am is off:
Transit Alert – Route 57 to downtown Seattle due to leave the Alaska Junction at 7:06 AM has been canceled this morning.
— King County Metro (@kcmetrobus) August 26, 2016
It’s one of three cancellations Metro has texted/tweeted this morning so far, first one in West Seattle.
6:51 AM: Reminders for today and the weekend:
Road-work projects continuing – Fauntleroy/Endolyne Triangle and lower Spokane Street east of the low bridge.
Weekend road closure in West Seattle – Alki/Harbor closes for the Alki Beach 5K, which starts at 9 am Sunday.
Weekend lane closures for Aurora Bridge inspections:
Saturday, Aug. 27 – Two northbound lanes across the Aurora Bridge will be closed from 6 to 11 a.m. One northbound lane will remain open to traffic. All southbound lanes will be open.
Sunday, Aug. 28 – Two southbound lanes across the Aurora Bridge will be closed from 6 to 11 a.m. One southbound lane will remain open to traffic. All northbound lanes will be open.
Also: Two weekend paving projects in Tacoma will reduce lanes – on I-5, and on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge – which could also have an effect on the Fauntleroy-Southworth ferry runs, WSDOT warns. Here’s the full alert.
6:57 AM: Another cancellation just texted/tweeted:
Transit Alert – Route 56 to downtown Seattle due to leave 61st Ave SW & Alki Ave SW at 7:23 AM has been canceled this morning.
— King County Metro (@kcmetrobus) August 26, 2016
Metro says it’s a hiring issue – as explained in our traffic/transit coverage yesterday.
7:10 AM: And now, a text/tweet announcement that the previously mentioned cancellation has been canceled – so the run is back ON:
Transit Alert Update – Route 56 to downtown Seattle due to leave Alki at 7:23 AM will operate as scheduled.
— King County Metro (@kcmetrobus) August 26, 2016
7:28 AM: Ten minutes warning for this one:
Transit Alert – Route 57 to downtown Seattle due to leave the Alaska Junction at 7:38 AM will not operate this morning.
— King County Metro (@kcmetrobus) August 26, 2016
8:59 AM: We’ve been covering the Triangle gas leak separately; the response should be winding down now.
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