UPDATE: Emerald City Ride, across westbound West Seattle Bridge and around the peninsula

7:16 AM: That was the view from the West Seattle Bridge traffic cam a few minutes ago as the first riders in Cascade Bicycle Club’s Emerald City Ride rode across the westbound bridge, which is closed to motorized vehicles for the ride, first one in two years. The riders are continuing on to a West Seattle shoreline route (see it here). The eastbound bridge remains open to regular traffic, and the westbound side is scheduled to reopen by 9 am.

7:32 AM: Riders continue crossing; as the most-recent screenshot shows above, some are pausing at the crest (the outside lane is coned off0, to rest and/or admire the view.

8:01 AM: Westbound riers are still crossing the bridge.

9 AM: The bridge has reopened to regular traffic.

9:43 AM: The return route is via the bike/foot path on the low bridge, seeing a surge of riders right now because that bridge just reopened to surface traffic after a vessel closure.

NOTE: See riders’ photos in comments below!

PATRICK April 25, 2026 (10:09 am)

That was a blast, I’ll definitely do this ride again next year. Thank you Cascade Bicycle Club for doing such a great job hosting this amazing event!

WSSeahawk April 25, 2026 (10:48 am)

It was so nice this morning running on SW Beach Drive with the cyclists. It was quiet and serene – more of these please!!!

Sbre April 25, 2026 (11:29 am)

What little car traffic we encountered on the route were all courteous and some even supportive.Always a fun ride!

Hillary April 25, 2026 (11:38 am)

Great day for a ride and a fun route!

JTinWS April 25, 2026 (12:13 pm)

That was spectacular! Such a cool event, with miraculously perfect weather.I biked over to the starting zone on the low bridge, and I saw light but fast-moving car+bus traffic on the westbound low bridge. Hopefully it didn’t delay people much with that detour. It didn’t seem like much of a delay from what I saw.