TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday watch, with road-work alert for the bridge

(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)

7:02 AM: Good morning! No incidents in/from West Seattle so far.

Alerts and updates:

BRIDGE WORK STARTING AT 8 AM: Announced Thursday by SDOT, the left eastbound lane will be closed on the bridge, between the 1st and 4th Ave. S. exits, 8 am-4 pm.

FERRY SPILLOVER OVER: Washington State Ferries announced last night that the Point Defiance-Tahlequah (south Vashon) run would be back in operation today, so you don’t have to worry about spillover on the Fauntleroy-(north) Vashon run.

7:20 AM: Texter sends this photo from East Marginal Way:

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“Situation right now on Marginal Way S. for a half-mile to T-46. That’s three rows of vehicles all headed northbound,” they write.

7:25 PM: Also visible on this traffic cam:

4 Replies to "TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday watch, with road-work alert for the bridge"

  • Blinkyjoe November 18, 2016 (7:46 am)

    That circus on northbound marginal is ridiculous. 

  • KT November 18, 2016 (8:30 am)

    SDOT proves again there is no one with any common sense working there.  You are going to close an eastbound lane at 8am?  Seriously?   Idiots. 

  • gws November 18, 2016 (8:36 am)

    I wish SDOT and Port of Seattle would get their acts together and figure out a way to manage these frequent truck backups on Marginal.  Unconstrained queueing of the trucks waiting to get into the terminals creates the long lines in the first place.  If something is not done, someone (probably a cyclist) is going to get hurt as a result.  When that happens, I’m sure emergency responders will have all kinds of problems responding to such an incident because of the backups.

    • Driver November 18, 2016 (1:14 pm)

      Cyclists have already been injured and even killed in this area.

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