TRAFFIC, TRANSIT, WEATHER: Thursday begins

6:01 AM: Good morning! Welcome to Thursday, October 12th.

LAST REMINDER: LOW-BRIDGE CLOSURE ENDED EARLY

One last reminder – the West Seattle low-bridge closure that was expected to last until Saturday instead ended Tuesday,

WEATHER AND SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES

Becoming sunnier as the day goes on, high in the low 60s. Sunrise today is at 7:23 am; sunset, 6:27 pm.

(Wednesday photo by Tom Trulin)

LOOKING AHEAD

-No Seattle Public Schools classes tomorrow (Friday).
-1 am Saturday through 3 pm Monday, the ramp from Beacon Hill to the westbound West Seattle Bridge will be closed.

TRANSIT TODAY

Water Taxi – Regular schedule today. Remember – no West Seattle service this weekend.

Metro – Regular schedule today; check advisories here.

Washington State Ferries – 2-boat service on the Triangle Route. Check alerts for changes, and use Vessel Watch to see where your ferry is.

SPOTLIGHT TRAFFIC CAMERAS

Delridge cameras: Besides the one below (Delridge/Henderson), cameras are also at Delridge/Genesee, Delridge/Juneau, Delridge/Orchard, and Delridge/Oregon.

High Bridge – the main camera:

High Bridge – the view from its southwest end (when SDOT points the 35th/Avalon/Fauntleroy camera that way):

1st Ave. S. Bridge – southeastern route across the river:

Highway 99: – northbound side at Lander:

MORE TRAFFIC CAMS: See all working traffic cams citywide here, most with video options; West Seattle and vicinity-relevant cameras are on this WSB page.

BRIDGE INFO: The @SDOTBridges feed on Twitter/X shows whether the city’s movable bridges are opening for vessel traffic.

If you see trouble on the bridges/streets/paths/bay, please text or call us (when you can do it safely, and after you’ve reported to authorities). Thank you!

Chris October 12, 2023 (6:59 am)

WSB, Is there any news about the construction on West Marginal under the high bridge? It looks like they are reconfiguring the driveways and removing a barrier. The roadway has steel plates over a trench for the last few weeks. This has been going on since mid-August and there doesn’t seem to be any rush to actually perform work. Chris

WSB October 12, 2023 (9:18 am)

That sounds like the ongoing Quiet Zone work.
https://westseattleblog.com/2023/07/followup-terminal-5-railroad-quiet-zone-construction-finally-about-to-start-sdot-says/

sam-c October 12, 2023 (8:15 am)

WSB- I know the later evening Fri & Sat sailings of the water taxi end after Oct 14 (Saturday). Do you know where to find the winter water taxi schedule? I checked a couple places and haven’t figured out where the winter days/ times are posted. Thanks! I did see this but sailing times are hard to find: “Starting on Monday, Oct. 16, the winter sailing schedule starts with seven-day-a week service between West Seattle and downtown. No winter hibernation, the taxi will operate year-round with midday and weekend sailings.” https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/metro/travel-options/water-taxi/west-seattle#toc-sailing-schedule
https://kingcountywatertaxiblog.com/2023/10/11/winter-prep-new-west-seattle-sailing-schedule-starts-oct-16-maintenance-will-temporarily-suspend-service-oct-14-15/

WSB October 13, 2023 (2:36 am)

Since they changed the website format (for the worse IMO), they haven’t had extra pages for elements like “winter schedule starting xx.” I can only hope (will check with Metro today) that they’ll just update the schedule for Monday and beyond.