West Seattle traffic-alert update: Bridge offramp to SB I-5 open again, 5 hours after tanker crash

8:42 PM: A tanker truck is on its side on southbound I-5 just south of the West Seattle Bridge, so the offramp is closed. Updates as we get them.

9:29 PM: From the State Patrol:

If you want to check the eastbound-bridge-to-southbound-I-5 ramp status between our updates, use the city’s travelers-info map, and choose, on the lower right, live video/SODO/6th & Spokane.

12:49 AM: Still closed – no estimate for reopening, WSDOT says.

ADDED EARLY SATURDAY: Per WSDOT’s tweet, the ramp (and all I-5 lanes) reopened just before 1:30 am.

1 Reply to "West Seattle traffic-alert update: Bridge offramp to SB I-5 open again, 5 hours after tanker crash"

  • Candace McCutcheon February 7, 2015 (12:34 am)

    I was in this traffic mess and I saw the truck — it was completely dumped over on its side. The accident happened not long before I got there, when I was trying to drive to a surprise birthday party for a cousin in Des Moines. I think I got a different kind of surprise. I’m glad that no one was killed, but I sure wish people wouldn’t drive under the influence. Those big rigs can’t exactly just stop on a dime like a car. They can’t really make a quick swerve around someone if they suddenly cut them off either.

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