TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Monday updates; overnight 99 closures

(Latest bridge and Viaduct views; more cams on the WSB Traffic page)
Happy Monday! Traffic watch is under way. And we have major closures this week:

HIGHWAY 99 OVERNIGHT CLOSURES: Tonight is the first of four overnight closures for Highway 99, both ways between East Marginal Way and S. Atlantic, 9 pm-5 am, including the ramp from the West Seattle Bridge to northbound 99. This work will basically complete the Spokane St. Overcrossing (former Timber Bridge) south of the West Seattle Bridge, as explained here.

Speaking of Highway 99 …

TUNNEL-TOLL TALK TODAY: Aside from the ongoing tunneling trouble, WSDOT continues working on the issue of what toll(s) to charge once the tunnel is open. The committee working on that is leaning toward a recommendation that would be around $1.25 peak periods/$1 offpeak, and today, the concept will be presented to City Councilmembers in a 2:30 pm briefing. See the slide deck here. The briefing will be during the council’s meeting as the Committee on Central Waterfront, Seawall, and Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program, and you can see it live via the Seattle Channel, online or on cable.

8:36 AM: As noted in a separate story, there is an emergency callout at the Spruce construction site (former “Hole,” 3922 SW Alaska), likely to mean backups right there at Fauntleroy/Alaska TFN.

11:15 AM: One more piece of Highway 99 news – a followup inspection will close the Alaskan Way Viaduct on Saturday, March 22nd, WSDOT has announced.

12:42 PM: Westbound lower bridge is backed up, according to multiple sources in Twitter – Steph says it’s a broken-down semi-truck.

caspar babypants March 10, 2014 (6:37 am)

you said the overnight closures would be from 9am to 5pm in the post…did you mean 9pm to 5am?

JK March 10, 2014 (6:51 am)

Please correct highway 99 closure times – should be 9pm-5am. Thanks

WSB March 10, 2014 (7:16 am)

Sorry, fixed.

CD March 10, 2014 (9:57 am)

Are we really paying a bunch of people to sit around and figure out how much to charge us to use a tunnel that we are paying for? A tunnel that is in stand still that they can’t even tell us when it will be useable so we can start paying that toll! When it does finally open,(one day many moons from now) nobody should drive it. Show that we are tired of paying for people to sit around and talk about projects that are approved that either never see the light or when they do, turn into major time consuming, money sucking black holes! Pun intended! I love what this city has to offer, but it seems as if a middle class family in Seattle is going be a thing of the past.

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