SATURDAY TRAFFIC ALERT: West Seattle Bridge work

If you’ll be using the eastbound West Seattle Bridge on Saturday, SDOT wants you to know about closures in two locations between 7 am and 3;30 pm for deck-repair work:

Crews will be conducting deck spall repair work, on the WS Bridge at two locations, Saturday, April 28, 2018. The first location is eastbound, closing the EB on ramp from Harbor (we will place a VMS board on Harbor Island to notify the public of the closure) straddling the right exit and middle general-purpose lane, in the interchange of the onramp from SW Spokane St & the offramp to 1st Ave South.

After completing work at this location, the crew will take down the traffic control setup and reset it for the second location. The second location is eastbound in the left general-purpose lane 10 feet after the exit for 4th Ave S. Crews should complete all work by 3:30 pm.

dsa April 27, 2018 (1:16 pm)

EB Harbor on ramp? Do they mean lower Spokane St EB on ramp? Or maybe Delridge Way EB on ramp?

sam-c April 27, 2018 (1:30 pm)

Thanks for asking that! I was wondering too, but thought maybe I just hadn’t had enough coffee today to figure it out…
e.ta. Oh- it’s probably the on ramp that gets to the EB high bridge right before 99- after the crest

bolo April 27, 2018 (1:32 pm)

They seem to be talking about the lower bridge? Unclear.

WSB April 27, 2018 (1:47 pm)

I’m checking but I believe they mean the onramp that comes up almost directly under the 99 overpass.

dsa April 27, 2018 (1:59 pm)

Harbor (Island) EB on ramp?

cjboffoli April 27, 2018 (3:07 pm)

I wonder if any of this work will address some of the persistent potholes that seem to be forming in the eastbound inside lane, roughly in the section between the 99 underpass and the I-5 intersection. Calling up this section of the SSV on Google Maps gives a pretty interesting overview of the sheer number of patchwork repairs that have been made on this side of the road. It’s surprising that this relatively recently renovated roadway (widening completed in November ’12) is fairing so badly just over five years later. Judging from the large puddles that seem to form on both sides of the Jersey barrier even in light rain (which are a hydroplaning danger to drivers), it seems that the drains are inadequate or flawed.

Mattysaps April 27, 2018 (9:32 pm)

Completely agree with all you said and wonder the same thing each AM commute…

WSB April 27, 2018 (3:13 pm)

I heard back from SDOT and yes, what they’re referring to is what I thought they were referring to – the onramp onto the high bridge that emerges almost directly under the 99 overpass, just past the 99 exit.

MJ April 27, 2018 (5:50 pm)

The on ramp by the Fire Station?

wetone April 27, 2018 (6:02 pm)

Spokane street viaduct east bound around 1st & 4th ave exits east bound I believe. It’s the section of roadway that was rebuilt half dozen years ago and failing quicker than it can be patched. Good thing we didn’t have a lot of freezing weather this winter, things would be much worse.

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