Road-work reminders tonight as 2 big projects get ready to begin:

2 RAMPS TO WESTBOUND WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE CLOSED ALL WEEKEND: From right about now till 5 Monday morning, WSDOT is closing the ramps to the West Seattle Bridge from southbound I-5 and from Columbian Way (Beacon Hill). It’s the start of the Spokane St. Interchange Vicinity Special Bridge Repair project, which will close different parts of the Spokane/I-5/Columbian Way interchange during 10-plus weekends over the next few months. (Next weekend’s closure will only affect the ramp from Beacon Hill.)

YEAR-LONG DELRIDGE REPAVING STARTS THURSDAY: In case you missed the first announcement of the start date two weeks ago (here’s our December 21 story), SDOT sent the announcement around again late today – to make extra-sure everyone knows that Thursday is Day 1 for the mile-and-a-half-long repaving project on Delridge from Orchard to Roxbury. The basics are here; even more background is here – most important thing you need to know is that northbound traffic will be maintained along the entire stretch, but there will be southbound detours. The work will be done in five phases lasting 2 to 3 months each; the first phase will be Henderson to Trenton, and the southbound detour is shown here:

The official construction notice has work-hours details for residents in the affected area, among other information.