2:54 PM: Two traffic alerts right now as of just before 3 pm – we’re getting multiple reports of a backup on the westbound high bridge – apparently a lane closure without warning, but SDOT says it’ll be reopened shortly. Meantime, the Battery Street Tunnel has been closed both ways for a crash response.
3:01 PM: SDOT says the lane closure was for “maintenance.” Meantime – not related so far as we know – the BSTunnel remains closed TFN.
7:03 PM NOTE: The tunnel did finally fully reopen by 5:30.
I was coming to West Seattle about 12:30 and the sign said the Battery Street Tunnel was closed southbound. But the guard arm at the entrance to the tunnel was not down so cars kept trying to enter. When they couldn’t go in the tunnel they started to back up from the tunnel to exit through town. I hope no one was hit. Should the guard arm have been down? Should I have called 911?
WS or Bust: I haven’t had luck with a reasonable response calling 911 on wreckless driving here, that’s lame people were backing up–very unsafe. However, I’m amused as it reminds me of when Jerry Seinfeld quipped about traffic becoming so much worse people would start going backward in traffic. He had it spot on!
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