TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday updates

(East-facing camera on the West Seattle Bridge; see other cams on the WSB Traffic page)
7:06 AM: Nothing major on the usual routes from West Seattle this morning BUT if you are headed south on I-5, a huge pileup blocking northbound I-5 at mid-Boeing Field might affect things in terms of a lookyloo slowdown on the opposite side, if nothing else. It’s a 10-car crash that WSDOT says is already causing a 14-mile backup.

7:40 AM: As just noted in the comments, there is indeed some emergency-vehicle activity on the SOUTHBOUND side parallel with the massive crash scene.

7:55 AM: Now there is a SOUTHBOUND crash on I-5 in the same area, while on the northbound side, they’ve reopened two lanes.

8:41 AM: All of the above has been mostly cleared up.

add October 25, 2013 (7:28 am)

What a dream commute to downtown this morning! Left Gatewood Hill at 7:04, Olive Way exit in 16 minutes. Yeah!

trickycoolj October 25, 2013 (7:29 am)

Looking for any info on spillover traffic like the 99 incident the other day. Trying to get to Boeing Field.

WSB October 25, 2013 (7:40 am)

Tricky, KING just now showed an image that includes some emergency vehicles in one or two southbound lanes parallel with the crash response. Could be a factor for a while.

trickycoolj October 25, 2013 (7:47 am)

Google traffic is showing the 1st ave bridge looking bad. Guess I get to go hang out with the high bridge gang today.

Shannon October 25, 2013 (8:29 am)

I came through 1st Ave bridge/99 around 7:25-7:30ish and it was fine then. Maybe I got lucky (a nice change from Wednesday’s commute anyway)!

East Coast Cynic October 25, 2013 (9:03 am)

Fridays are usually easy peasy, with the exception of the disaster on I-5 this morning (boy am I glad I bus to work), but that shouldn’t take away from the reality of commutes M-Thur which can range from a slow grind to a nightmare.

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