WEATHER, ROAD WORK, TRAFFIC: Pre-holiday Friday

6:04 AM: Good morning, The Fourth of July is two days away. Today’s forecast calls for some clouds, some sun, 70s.

(Photo by Jerry Simmons)

ROAD ALERTS

Heat damage – Work starts today at 36th/Oregon, where SDOT says repairs might take almost two weeks.

Delridge project – RapidRide station work as well as road work continues.

FERRIES/BUSES

Regular schedule for buses and ferries. WSF has announced that the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route will run two boats on Sundays starting this weekend. Holiday preview: Limited West Seattle Water Taxi service Monday (July 5th), and a Sunday schedule for Metro on that day. Watch @kcmetrobus for word of bus cancellations, @wsferries for major WSF changes.

BRIDGES AND DETOUR ROUTES

466th morning without the West Seattle Bridge. Here are the views of other bridges and routes:

Low Bridge: 25th week for automated enforcement cameras; restrictions are in effect 5 am-9 pm daily – except weekends, when the bridge is open to all until 8 am Saturday and Sunday mornings. (Access applications are available for some categories of drivers.)

West Marginal Way at Highland Park Way:

Highland Park Way/Holden:

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

And the 1st Avenue South Bridge (map):

For the South Park Bridge (map), here’s the nearest camera:

Are draw/swing bridges opening for boats or barges? See the @SDOTBridges Twitter feed. (1st Ave. South Bridge openings also are tweeted on @wsdot_traffic.)

See all local traffic cams here; locally relevant cameras are also on this WSB page.

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

Delridge July 2, 2021 (7:16 am)

Where was the photo of the bikes taken? looks like a cool greenway for bikes + peds.

WSB July 2, 2021 (9:24 am)

Jerry identified it as “Alki” when he sent it and I couldn’t place it so I asked him, and he said, “It is the bike path between the sandy bathing area and Anchor Park. Alki Ave”

Sasquatch July 2, 2021 (8:49 am)

465th day since bridge was closed by SDOT. And it’s been 460 days without any visible work being done at all on the bridge. How is it possible that work hasn’t even started yet? And what place other than West Seattle would this ever happen? I am sure if it was a bridge feeding the north end like the 99 bridge, it would’ve been completed already. SDOT, get some equipment on that bridge ASAP.