TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Friday watch

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

7 AM: Good morning! No incidents reported in/from our area so far.

Alerts/FYIs:

I-90 BRIDGE CLOSURE: 12:55-2:45 pm today for the Blue Angels‘ Seafair appearance.

STADIUM ZONE: Mariners are home again tonight, 7:10 pm vs. Toronto.

7:11 AM: Transit alert just sent by Metro:

Transit Alert – Route 56 to downtown Seattle due to leave Alki at 7:19 AM will not operate this morning.

— King County Metro🚏🚎 (@kcmetrobus) August 3, 2018

Also:

WEST MARGINAL LANE CLOSURE: The SDOT camera shows the westbound outside lane remains closed east of the West Marginal/Spokane/Chelan/Delridge intersection, as the cleanup related to Wednesday night’s tanker crash continues.

7:19 AM: And now a crash reported on the high bridge, eastbound, described as a single vehicle blocking the left lane after hitting the median.

7:26 AM: Via radio communication – SFD units arriving at the scene report that no one is hurt, so all but one of their units will leave the scene, and that one will be awaiting SPD. This is just past the 99 exit, per tweeted image from SDOT.

7:36 AM: They’re calling for a tow truck and also for SDOT, for cleanup.

7:43 AM: SFD has cleared the scene but police still have 2 lanes blocked pending the aforementioned arrivals.

7:50 AM: If you’re headed in from the south – crash in the right lane on NB First Avenue S. Bridge.

8:02 AM: One lane still blocked on the eastbound bridge now just past 99 as they continue to await a tow for the car tha crashed in the left lane.

8:27 AM: Towed; should be clear before long.

Lola August 3, 2018 (7:56 am)

I was just ahead of the car that crashed on the bridge this morning. I had just gotten over from the left lane into the middle lane. Hardley any traffic at that time. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw the car hit the jersey barrier then bounce off of it and come to a stop. I actually got over into the red bus lane as it looked like it was going to keep going. No one else was hit but the cars were slowing down when it happened. Good to hear that no one was hurt as the front end looked bad.

sam-c August 3, 2018 (8:27 am)

Any word on the 113 that was supposed to leave 116th and 26th at 8:12 ? No 113 for an hour…….

sam-c August 3, 2018 (8:30 am)

Was the last 113 out of Shorewood cancelled? hasn’t shown up, and seems like most people are jumping ship and taking their cars into work instead.Checked Metro and couldn’t find any alerts

WSB August 3, 2018 (9:49 am)

Metro tweeted that it was more than 30 mins behind schedule.
- sam-c August 3, 2018 (9:52 am)
  
  Yep, finally saw a 9:00 am tweet about the bus that was supposed to leave the stop at 8:12. Not really helpful if people had already given up and assumed it was cancelled.

Steve August 3, 2018 (8:41 am)

It took nearly an hour to get that car towed off the WS Bridge? Ridiculous!

Nate August 3, 2018 (11:31 am)

Agree. An hour to get this cleared at peak commute time is too long. Doesn’t SDOT stage response units for this reason?

Lola August 3, 2018 (9:55 am)

My co-worker was in the mess from the car that crashed. I thought it was a smaller car that had crashed. He said when he went by it that it was a Cadillac. I said it hit so hard and the front end looked so smashed in that I thought it was a small compact car that had crashed. Felt sorry for everyone who had to wait in the mess.

C August 3, 2018 (12:07 pm)

People PLEASE slow down right there. Its sharper than it looks and I often see people going 55-60 mph and swerve because they don’t realize how tight it is. There’s a speed limit down to 40 mph for a reason right there. Also tired of people driving all the way through the bus lane and nearly causing accidents cutting others off by first ave. How do we get more police enforcement at peak travel times to monitor this?

sam-c August 3, 2018 (3:15 pm)

Adding on to C’s cautionary requests:If you slow down to stop at a red light, you might be a minute late. However, if you run the red light and cause an accident, you are going to be MUCH LATER.(Looking at you SUV driver blazing through the red light at Delridgee/ Andover to get to the bridge at 8:20; that wasn’t yellow, that was a WAY RED light that you ran, lady)

T August 3, 2018 (3:39 pm)

Accidents taking an hour, minimum, to clear has been par for the course. Don’t know why it takes so long but it has just been that way or longer for the 20+ years I have been commuting out of WS. Definitely room for improvement.

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