Another traffic alert: 1st Ave. S/S. Spokane closing this weekend

Just in from SDOT:

Crews working on the Spokane Street Viaduct Project will close the intersection at First Avenue S and S Spokane Street for the weekend, beginning at 8:30 pm tomorrow (Friday, June 11). The intersection will be closed to all through traffic until early Monday (June 14) at 6 a.m. The closure is required to complete work on the water main under the roadway. The eastbound off-ramp from the Spokane Street Viaduct (from the West Seattle Bridge) to First Avenue South will remain open. Detours will be provided for north and southbound traffic on First Avenue.

Sue June 11, 2010 (11:17 am)

I’m a little confused by this. The intersection is closed to through traffic, but the WSB exit onto 1st will be open? If Spokane is closed due to construction, and 1st Ave. is closed due to this new work, where will the exit actually take us this weekend?

WSB June 11, 2010 (2:03 pm)

Got an answer from SDOT (will post it as a separate item a little later too): >>The intersection will be blocked off and closed to all northbound and southbound
through traffic, with drivers south of the intersection directed from 1st Ave S to
Dawson to 4th Ave S. Drivers north of the intersection will be directed to Lander
St and then to 4th Ave S. Five police officers will be on site to help guide
traffic. Drivers from West Seattle will still be able to turn left off the ramp to
go north to downtown on a lane dedicated to that traffic.<<

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