TRAFFIC, TRANSIT, ROAD WORK, WEATHER: Tuesday info

6:01 AM: Good morning! It’s Tuesday, August 13.

WEATHER + SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES

Today’s forecast: Cloudy, high around 70. Today’s sunrise will be at 6:03 am, while sunset will be at 8:23 pm.

TRANSIT NOTES

Water Taxi today – Regular 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.

SPOKANE ST. VIADUCT CLOSURES

See the schedule here for this week’s planned closures for the Spokane Street Viaduct resurfacing project, and remember it’s always subject to last-minute change (last night, in fact, the two left EB lanes weren’t closed after all).

OTHER ROAD WORK NOTES

*The East Marginal Way S. project continues, with a temporary routing change for bicycle riders starting this week:

People biking will be routed onto the street of E Marginal Way S in temporary protected bike lanes from S Spokane St to north of the Terminal 30 parking lot at approximately S Stacy St. At the T30 parking lot / S Stacy St, people will be routed back into the existing bike lanes and sidewalk on the west side of the street. Please note that the T30 parking lot is south of the main T30 entrance.

*The Admiral Way Bridge seismic project is in progress. Fairmount Avenue is closed under the bridge for the duration of the project, at least into early 2025. Lane closures have begun on the top deck too.

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

*Beach Drive: Gas-pipeline work continues at spots along the southern stretch. Watch for no-parking zones and steel plates, plus flaggers.

SPOTLIGHT TRAFFIC CAMERAS

High Bridge – Here’s the main camera:

Low bridge: Here’s the main view:

1st Avenue South Bridge:

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!

Lola August 13, 2024 (8:02 am)

I noticed this morning in the bus lane just as the bus is nearing the end right before the 1st Ave exit up on a Cement block the workers put a big sign that says Road Work Ahead only it is in the bus lanes lane and the bus driver had to signal to get over into our lanes or he would have hit the sign. Kind of a poorly designed spot for SDOT to put the sign there as it will cause an accident with the bus having to get out of the bus lane so as not to hit it.

Admiral-2009 August 13, 2024 (5:11 pm)

There was a crazy level of Truck Traffic using the low level WSB around 1330 today. Is there a way to track terminal activity to alert people of this and associated traffic impacts?

WSB August 13, 2024 (5:54 pm)

Best alert is someone texting to say there’s a big backup. In our experience of following up on such situations, these have resulted from a variety of factors so it’s not as simple as “oh, today there’s (X happening at Terminal X) so there’s going to be a big backup,” unfortunately.