TRAFFIC, TRANSIT, ROAD WORK, WEATHER: Monday info

6:00 AM: Good morning! It’s Monday, August 26 – one week to Labor Day.

WEATHER + SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES

Partly sunny, chance of pm rain, high in mid-70s. Today’s sunrise will be at 6:20 am, while sunset will be at 8 pm. (After tonight, our next 8 pm sunset will be in mid-April.)

SPOKANE ST. VIADUCT AND OTHER ROAD WORK

*Later today, we expect to find out this week’s closure plan for the Spokane Street Viaduct resurfacing project.

*The Admiral Way Bridge seismic project is in progress. Fairmount Avenue is closed under the bridge. And as soon as today,the north half of the bridge will close, so the south half will carry traffic both ways temporarily. (Added: A reader called to say that the closure HAS begun.)

*The Delridge pedestrian-bridge earthquake-safety project also continues, with narrowing at Delridge/Oregon.

*The East Marginal Way S. project continues, with a temporary routing change for bicycle riders (explained at that link).

*Beach Drive: Gas-pipeline work continues at spots along the southern stretch. Watch for no-parking zones and steel plates (many on northbound side right now), plus flaggers.

TRANSIT NOTES

Water Taxi todayRegular schedule for both routes.

Metro buses today – Regular schedules; check for advisories here.

Washington State Ferries today – 2 boats on the Triangle Route, and the unscheduled third boat may be available. Check that link before you sail.

SPOTLIGHT TRAFFIC CAMERAS

High Bridge – Here’s the main camera:

High Bridge – The Fauntleroy-end camera:

Spokane Street Viaduct – This view looks westward, with eastbound lanes at left and westbound lanes at right:

Low bridge: Here’s the main view:

1st Avenue South Bridge:

South Park Bridge – Looking east:

Delridge cameras: Besides the one below (Delridge/Genesee), cameras are also at Delridge/Juneau, Delridge/Henderson, Delridge/Oregon, and video-only (so you have to go to the map), Delridge/Holden and Delridge/Thistle.

MORE TRAFFIC CAMS: All functioning traffic cams citywide are here; West Seattle and vicinity-relevant cameras are on this WSB page.

BRIDGE INFO: The @SDOTBridges feed on X (ex-Twitter) shows whether the city’s movable bridges are open for vessel traffic.

If you see a problem on the bridges/streets/paths/water, please text or call our hotline (when you can do that safely, and after you’ve reported to authorities if they’re not already on scene) – 206-293-6302. Thank you!

3 Replies to "TRAFFIC, TRANSIT, ROAD WORK, WEATHER: Monday info"

  • Yello August 26, 2024 (7:23 am)

    Just Fyi for all the Admiral folks they started the bridge work at 700am and closed one lane out of admiral first, awesome to do in the middle of rush hour at least its a monday and less people go in to work. The other direction is open for now but i imagine within an hour or two it will be down to ine lane. The backups are growing already.

  • Lola August 26, 2024 (7:30 am)

    Looked like on my route this morning to the WSB on Oregon Street just before Glen Way some cars had their Trunks open and stuff was strewn about.  I am assuming they belong to the Small Apts. going up the hill?  Some of the stuff was out into the street so I had to go around it.  The hill starts at about 46th & Oregon. 

  • Admiral-2009 August 26, 2024 (10:11 am)

    The North Admiral bridge is now closed.  The signal at 41st and Admiral is still malfunctioning, cycling to the side street for when there are no pedestrian or vehicles present.  With the reduced amount of storage space this is going to cause significant queuing.  I have alerted the City of this to no avail!

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