ROAD WORK, TRAFFIC, TRANSIT: First Tuesday of 2021

6:07 AM: It’s Tuesday, January 5th, the 288th morning without the West Seattle Bridge.

ROAD (ETC.) WORK

West Marginal Way SW – Emergency tree removal will narrow WMW just north of Highland Park Way, to one lane each way, starting after 9 am.

Delridge project: Here’s what’s planned this weekTRANSIT

Metro – On regular schedule

Water Taxi – On regular schedule

CHECK TRAFFIC BEFORE YOU GO

West Marginal Way (substitute camera since the one at Highland Park Way has been out of alignment):

Highland Park Way/Holden:

The 5-way intersection (Spokane/West Marginal/Delridge/Chelan):

Restricted-daytime-access (open to all 9 pm-5 am, with camera enforcement starting 1/11/21) low bridge:

The main detour route across the Duwamish River, the 1st Avenue South Bridge (map) . Here are two cameras:

The other major bridge across the river – the South Park Bridge (map). Here’s the nearest camera:

Going through South Park? Don’t speed. (Same goes for the other detour-route neighborhoods, like Highland Park, Riverview, and South Delridge.)

To check for bridges’ marine-traffic openings, see the @SDOTBridges Twitter feed.

You can view all local traffic cams here; locally relevant cameras are also shown on this WSB page.

Trouble on the roads/paths/water? Let us know – text (but not if you’re driving!) 206-293-6302.

4 Replies to "ROAD WORK, TRAFFIC, TRANSIT: First Tuesday of 2021"

  • Anneka Preston January 5, 2021 (11:25 am)

    Thank you for the helpful post! Any thoughts on what’s happening with the helicopter that has been circling the Highland Parkway SW entrance to West Seattle for the last few evenings and now today? I noticed that the helicopter has been out for the last thirty minutes today 11-11:30 AM, 1/5/2021). 

    • WSB January 5, 2021 (11:26 am)

      Nothing’s going on so I can only guess it’s a bored TV crew (radar shows it’s a TV chopper) checking out the WMW tree-removal work mentioned above. Don’t know what chopper might have been there in recent days, as we didn’t receive any questions/tips.

      • Anneka H. Preston January 5, 2021 (12:46 pm)

        Got it, thank you! I’ll post if I hear the helicopter tonight again with more details.

  • CarDriver January 5, 2021 (12:18 pm)

    A.P.;WSB. It was the KOMO chopper. They had 30 seconds of video on the 11am news

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