TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Wednesday updates; alerts for later this week

(Live view from the west-facing WS Bridge camera; other cameras are on the WSB Traffic page)
If you’re heading southbound on 99 from north of West Seattle, there’s a problem at the 1st Avenue South Bridge. Otherwise, the major outbound routes are OK – aside from the fog. If you are driving California SW in the Morgan Junction area, it’s the second day for repaving work between Fauntleroy and Graham. Then tomorrow and Friday, crews will move to the 1200 block of Alki Avenue SW.

I-90 BRIDGE CLOSURES AHEAD: If you missed the note last night – though this year’s Seafair air show is Blue Angels-less, it still will require I-90 bridge closures each day, this Friday through Sunday. The times are a bit different, too, says WSDOT: 1:15 pm-2:40 pm each day.

TUNNELING UNDER WAY: No traffic effects at this point but “Bertha,” the Highway 99 tunnel-boring machine, is now officially on the job, as of late yesterday. This WSDOT webpage breaks down the sections in which the work will be done.

Ben July 31, 2013 (8:42 am)

Two days in a row, multiple C drivers have overshot the temporary stop north of Graham on California, stopping only when passengers waiting at the stop stepped in the street and flailed their hands wildly. Then the drivers told the passengers in less than polite terms they were not told about the temporary stop. Communication breakdown – within Metro? Between SDOT and Metro? Either way, not ok for drivers to take it out on riders.

NW mama July 31, 2013 (1:54 pm)

So does that mean that “they” (whoever they are) decided it was safe to tunnel with traffic overhead as Bertha goes under 99? I’m recalling they changed their mind a little while a go, saying it may need to close?