TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Thursday updates; back to school; Labor Day preview

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

(Click any view for a close-up; more cameras on the WSB Traffic page)

7:06 AM: Good morning!

BACK-TO-SCHOOL REMINDERS: Today is the first day for Our Lady of Guadalupe, and also for Highline Public Schools in White Center and other points south. Already in session: Hope Lutheran School (42nd/Oregon), Holy Rosary, and Seattle Lutheran. Our full list of the “early” wave of school reopenings is here. … Seattle Public Schools start classes next Wednesday; school bus drivers are out this week rehearsing their routes.

LABOR DAY PREVIEW: Announced for next Monday – West Seattle Water Taxi will be on a Sunday schedule … Washington State Ferries’ Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route will be on a Sunday schedule … Metro buses will be on Sunday schedules.

8:11 AM: In comments, Trickycoolj points out that the Highland Park Way SW repaving project was NOT done by day’s end yesterday as projected by SDOT, so be aware that it’s still a factor today. We’ll be checking the area around midmorning.

8:30 AM: Trouble on the 1st Avenue South Bridge, tweets SDOT:

A crash is blocking the center lane on the NB 1st Ave S Bridge @wsdot_traffic pic.twitter.com/XfjAospASc

— seattledot (@seattledot) September 1, 2016

9:17 AM: The 1st Avenue S. Bridge crash is clear, per SDOT.

Trickycoolj September 1, 2016 (7:45 am)

FYI Highland Park Way was NOT paved yesterday at 6pm.

WSB September 1, 2016 (8:10 am)

We went through in early afternoon and it certainly didn’t look like it would be done before the day ended; thanks for the update, SDOT does not send progress reports. We’ll be checking the status later this morning on the way back from an event in South Park.
- Trickycoolj September 1, 2016 (9:41 am)
  
  Yeah it was definitely down to the base layer concrete a few inches down from the uphill lane pavement. They even striped the ground down surface like they might not finish for a while? Didn’t look promising!
  - WSB September 1, 2016 (10:12 am)
    
    Crews are still there now. I’m going to check in with SDOT HQ to ask about their plan as it did not appear to be “almost done” but we are now going into the holiday weekend … TR

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