SPOKANE STREET VIADUCT: Here’s the closure plan for this week and next weekend

The Spokane Street Viaduct resurfacing project – on the West Seattle Bridge extension between Highway 99 and I-5 – continues, and SDOT has provided this week’s closure schedule, starting tonight, and including another full-weekend closure:

Monday Night – 08/19/24
WB Full Lane Closures – 11:00 pm to 5:00 am

WB S Spokane St Viaduct – Closed from I-5 Interchange to SR 99.
S Columbian Way Off Ramp to WB Spokane Viaduct – Closed. Ramp to Lower Spokane St will remain open.
NB I5 Off Ramp to WB Spokane Viaduct – Closed. Ramp to Lower Spokane St will remain open.
SB I5 Off Ramp to WB Spokane Viaduct – Closed. Ramp to S Columbian Way will remain open.
1st Ave S Off-Ramp – Closed.
1st Ave S On-Ramp – Closed.
Port of Seattle Terminals 5-18/Harbor Island/11th Ave SW Off-Ramp – Closed.
EB S Spokane Street Viaduct – All Lanes Open

Tuesday Night – 08/20/24
No Closures

Wednesday Night – 7 pm-6 am 08/21/24, Thursday Night – 7 pm-6 am 08/22/24, & Friday Night -7:00 pm-10:00 pm
EB Left Lanes Closure

1st Ave S Off Ramp Open
4th Ave S Off Ramp Open

Weekend – EB Full Closure – 10:00 pm Friday to 5:00 am Monday

1st Ave Off Ramp Open
4th Ave Off Ramp Closed
EB to NB SR-99 Ramp Open

Weekend – WB Single Left Lane Closure – 10:00 pm Friday to 5:00 am Monday

NB I5 Off Ramp to WB Spokane Viaduct – Closed
Ramp to Lower Spokane St will remain open

We asked project spokesperson Dr. Matthew Howard about a progress report; so far, he says, the work’s gone well, but last weekend’s weather may have set the schedule back a bit; he expects to find out more at a meeting Tuesday.

Seattlite August 19, 2024 (10:45 pm)

Thank you WSB for posting these helpful “closure plan” schedules.

Chris August 20, 2024 (8:04 am)

Thank you WSB. SDOT has done a HORRIBLE job messaging these closures. They should have had a media campaign developed around this project. We deserve better from our City leadership.

Derp August 20, 2024 (3:08 pm)

I didn’t know they had a system to do this. Or are you projecting that need one. I have never seen anything from the city about road closures, road construction.
- WS Res August 20, 2024 (3:55 pm)
  
  Where would you expect to get the info from? Serious question. Postal mail? Flyers on poles? Weekly SDOT emails? Info has been in the Seattle Times; I don’t watch network news as I don’t have cable but I’d be surprised if it wasn’t broadcast.
- K August 20, 2024 (4:14 pm)
  
  City Departments have mailing lists you can be on if you’re interested in knowing about upcoming projects and closures. For those who don’t like the e-mail lists, there aren’t a ton of notification options for residents. They can mention it on the evening news, but so many people get their news so many different ways now, that would hardly be worth the effort. Billboards, maybe, but those cost money. So does deploying SDOT signage saying “hey, this is going to be closed next weekend!”, but they still do that. Not everyone reads.
Singing telegram August 20, 2024 (3:42 pm)

…you mean like the communications you are actively reading via their media campaign? Would you suggest a door-to-door singing telegram?
- WS Res August 20, 2024 (9:57 pm)
  
  Thank you, exactly. What would “a good job of communication” look like from the perspective of those with complaints?

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