TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday watch

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

6:55 AM: Friday’s here. No incidents in/from West Seattle so far this morning.

WEEKEND ALERT: Highway 520 across Lake Washington will be closed all weekend for work, so that’ll put extra pressure on I-90.

8:25 AM: Crash on NB 99 at Lander.

8:49 AM: Multiple reports that because of the crash – blocking two lanes – the C Line has been diverted to the SODO Busway.

8:52 AM: More than just the C Line, per Metro:

Transit Alert – Rts 21, 55, 56, 120, 121, 125 & the C Line are rerouted off Alaskan Wy Viaduct; Use stops on 1 Av or on 3 Av in Seattle.

— King County Metro (@kcmetrobus) March 31, 2017

9:08 AM: Right now the SDOT camera we use most mornings for Highway 99 at Lander, above, is showing the truck that’s at the heart of the two-lane blockage.

9:31 AM: All clear, says SDOT.

sam-c March 31, 2017 (8:25 am)

Spouse on bus reporting lots of emergency vehicles heading up 99N. Looks like accident on 99N at Lander; “rescue automobile”

West side Resident March 31, 2017 (8:49 am)

C line being re-routed to 4th ave and bus way.

WSB March 31, 2017 (8:49 am)

Thanks, I just got that via Twitter, too, and am adding.

Gene March 31, 2017 (9:11 am)

Tried to see what EB traffic on Bridge looks like- of course traffic cam is ” under maintenance “☹️

WSB March 31, 2017 (9:12 am)

That’s why it’s not in our lineup. Every morning I check the regular cameras and that WS Bridge camera has been down for several days now, which is why it’s not shown.

Robert March 31, 2017 (9:59 am)

There was a broken down 18 wheeler in the WB right lane on the Fauntleroy exit near the “Welcome to West Seattle” sign. About 15 mins ago when I passed