West Seattle, Washington
05 Sunday
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
6:59 AM: Good morning! No traffic incidents or transit alerts so far in or from West Seattle.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:06 AM: Good morning. No incidents or transit alerts so far in/from West Seattle.
Thanks for the tips. Southbound Delridge is blocked at Thistle because of a crash. A pickup truck hit a parked vehicle. Northbound traffic is getting by. Police are talking with the driver and awaiting a tow truck so it should clear up before too long. No report of injuries – SFD was not dispatched.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:02 AM: Good morning. No incidents reported so far in/from West Seattle.
WEEKEND REMINDER: Daylight Saving Time ends early Sunday. At 2 am Sunday, we’ll fall back one hour to 1 am.
7:22 AM: Trxter
Says a crash is blocking 1 lane of NB 99 by the stadiums.
5:48 PM: Thanks to Matt for tweeting the photo, and to texters who also tipped us – that car/bus (a 125) crash is on Delridge at Dakota. No SFD dispatch so apparently no serious injuries. We have a crew en route to check the scene.
6 PM: Our crew says the bus is gone; the damaged car is off to the side, and traffic is flowing normally.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:02 AM: Good morning. No incidents reported in/from West Seattle so far.
WEEKEND NOTE: Daylight Saving Time ends early Sunday – at 2 am, we’ll fall back an hour to 1 am.
8:08 AM; Crash reported at Delridge/Holden.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:11 AM: Good morning. No incidents reported in/from West Seattle so far.
HALLOWEEN: Our guide lists what’s happening where. Be extra careful in the Admiral District, which has business trick-or-treating 3-6 pm.
7:33 AM: Potential problem at the north end of the NB Alaskan Way Viaduct, per scanner – a truck that’s reported to be too tall for the overpass at the Western Ave. exit. Police are en route to see how they can help.
7:37 AM: And another NB 99 problem reported – blocking one lane near Royal Brougham.
7:41 AM: Here’s an SDOT image of the Western problem.
8:04 AM: SDOT says the Western problem has been cleared.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:08 AM: Good morning! Just got a text about a crash blocking the left lane on NB 99 “just after the onramp from (West Seattle) Bridge.”
STATE FERRIES: Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth is back to 3 boats.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
6:59 AM: Good morning. SFD has one engine going to a crash reported at Delridge/Orchard.
FERRIES: Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth is down to two boats so one can undergo a required inspection.
WATER TAXI: The West Seattle run starts its fall/winter five-day-a-week schedule today.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME: It ends early Sunday – we “fall back” an hour at 2 am November 4th.
7:15 AM: SFD has just closed out the Delridge/Orchard call.
8:19 AM: SDOT reports a crash at Avalon/Genesee.
(WSB photos/video)
12:24 AM: Five houses were originally on the site that will be redeveloped into a ~40-condominium project by Vibrant Cities (formerly SolTerra, which originally planned an apartment project). One was moved off the site last January; another is being moved right now; the remaining three will be demolished. We’re here to cover the move, with the renowned house rescuers of Nickel Bros set to pull this house off 1254 Alki and truck it almost half a mile southeast to a barge at Don Armeni Boat Ramp, as was done with the 1262 Alki house nine months ago. Its new owner says it’s headed for Anderson Island.
The crews prepped the site days earlier but just rolled out of Don Armeni after midnight to start setting up for the move.
12:57 AM: The house’s new owner says it’s one of two that he’s buying and moving via Nickel Bros. The other one, taken from a site in Poulsbo, is already on the barge, which he says is scheduled to dock on the island Tuesday. Also here, Vibrant Cities’ co-owners James Wong – who has West Seattle roots – and Ming Fung. They tell us the condo project will likely start construction early next year and will be called Infinity.
1:59 AM: The move is expected to start shortly. Alki Ave will be blocked for a while east of here.
2:30 AM: The house is off the lot and headed down the street, with the help of not only the Nickel Bros crews but also pilot vehicles. We’re headed back to HQ and will add video and a few more photos from there.
3:59 AM: Here are two angles of video as the house left the site:
Local videographer Mark Jaroslaw, who has been recording the operation, reports that it hit a temporary snag: “The house slowly rounded the corner onto Harbor Ave, but was forced to halt in the 1200 block because someone failed to anticipate a low-hanging utility line. The crew tried lowering the load to no avail. So, they improvised. They laid a path of plywood sheets across the park grass, allowing the truck to detour off the street into the Armeni lot. The house was secured at 3:30.” We’ll be checking its status in daylight.
12:24 PM: Thanks to Mark for sharing his video including the house being loaded onto the barge, followed by the sailaway:
Anderson Island, the house’s destination, is Puget Sound’s southernmost island.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:30 AM: Good morning! No incidents of note reported in or from West Seattle right now.
WEEKEND NOTES: Sunday is the last day of the West Seattle Water Taxi‘s 7-day-a-week/all-day schedule until spring – as of Monday (October 29th) it goes to 5 days a week, commute times only … Also Sunday, the West Seattle Junction Harvest Festival will close California to motorized traffic between Oregon and Edmunds – as well as Alaska between 44th and 42nd, 10 am-2 pm. See the transit alerts here.
5:41 PM: Thanks for the tips. If you have to head westbound on the high bridge soon, we’d advise waiting a while – a crash near the Admiral exit is blocking two lanes.
5:48 PM: Update from SDOT:
UPDATE: The collision on the West Seattle Bridge at Admiral Way has the eastbound left lane blocked and the westbound left lane blocked. Use caution and expect delays. pic.twitter.com/L5y60icEOw
— SDOT Traffic (@SDOTtraffic) October 26, 2018
6:37 PM: All clear.
7:34 PM: Adding a new crash – 35th and Brandon. Tyler says all northbound lanes are blocked.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:03 AM: Good morning! No incidents reported so far in or from West Seattle.
WEEKEND REMINDERS: Sunday is the last day this year of the West Seattle Water Taxi‘s 7-day-a-week/all-day schedule – as of Monday (October 29th) it goes to 5 days a week, commute times only, until spring … Also on Sunday, the West Seattle Junction Harvest Festival will close California for an extra block – Oregon to Edmunds – as well as Alaska between 44th and 42nd, 10 am-2 pm. Find the transit alerts here.
8:50 AM: If you have to head east and then south, heads up. From SFD: “Crews responding to SB I-5 at Spokane St. for report of multiple vehicle collision. All vehicle occupants are in stable condition.”
8:57 AM: All lanes of SB I-5 are blocked.
9:10 AM: WSDOT says one lane has reopened.
9:25 AM: All lanes clear.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:08 AM: Good morning! Police are headed to what the dispatcher describes as “a collision on Delridge just before the West Seattle Bridge.”
ALERTS AHEAD: Another reminder that this is the last week for the West Seattle Water Taxi‘s 7-day-a-week/all-day schedule – as of Monday (October 29th) it goes to 5 days a week, commute times only, until spring … Sunday (October 28th), the West Seattle Junction Harvest Festival will close California for an extra block – Oregon to Edmunds – as well as Alaska between 44th and 42nd. Hours are concurrent with the Farmers’ Market (which is part of the festival), 10 am-2 pm.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
6:59 AM: Good morning! The fog hasn’t left yet. No alerts in or from West Seattle so far.
FERRY-SCHEDULE MEETING: 5-7 tonight at Fauntleroy Church (9140 California SW) is the Washington State Ferries meeting seeking your feedback on a proposed major overhaul of the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route schedule. Info here.
7:15 AM: Stalled vehicle reported in SB turn lane of 35th SW at SW Juneau. Police on the way to check it out.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:33 AM: No outbound traffic incidents or transit alerts so far this morning.
WATER TAXI NOTE: This is the last week of the West Seattle Water Taxi’s 7-day-a-week, all-day schedule; one week from today, the 5-day-a-week, commute-times-only schedule begins.
From WSDOT:
The final scheduled inspection of the Alaskan Way Viaduct is complete and State Route 99 northbound is now open through Seattle – with the exception of the Royal Brougham Way on-ramp. Construction crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation expect to open the on-ramp at Royal Brougham Way by 7 p.m. tonight, Oct. 20.
Southbound lanes of the Alaskan way Viaduct/SR 99 remain closed all weekend for construction and will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22. The southbound highway is closed between the Battery Street Tunnel and South Spokane Street.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:03 AM: Good morning! No transit alerts or outbound traffic incidents reported so far.
HIGHWAY 99 CLOSURE REMINDER: The weekend closure is in 2 phases – SB starting 9 tonight and lasting all weekend, NB starting at 6 am Saturday and end by 5 pm that day.
9:50 AM: Sorry to be late catching onto this. A gas leak has caused closures downtown in the 1st/Columbia/Cherry vicinity. Some of this seems to be easing, according to what we’re hearing on police radio, at least for pedestrians in the area.
9:59 AM: There’s also a gas-leak call at Holden/Highland Park Way. Apparently not major as two of the three dispatched units have been dismissed, but please let us know if you are seeing otherwise.
10:20 AM: A downtown update from police radio – while sidewalks in the area are being opened, 1st will remain closed to traffic between Columbia and Yesler. 2nd is being reopened.
10:50 AM: 1st also has reopened between Yesler and Marion, per SDOT.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:02 AM: Good morning! No outbound incidents or traffic alerts reported so far.
HIGHWAY 99 CLOSURE REMINDER: The details of this weekend’s closure have changed – while the SB side will be closed starting at 9 pm Friday as planned, scheduled to last all weekend, the NB closure plan has been shortened, to start at 6 am Saturday and end by 5 pm that day.
4:53 PM: Thanks for the tips! Those are forged-steel balls and bags full of them fell out of a truck on the SW Genesee hill east of Avalon, which is currently closed westbound as a result from 26th on up. We’d advise avoiding the area both ways for a while.
4:59 PM: Our crew at the scene says that these are heavy items – check the inscription on the bags:
So SDOT is trying to figure out how to clean up the ones that spilled. Some have rolled into vehicles parked in the area.
7:11 PM: Cleanup is under way – and both sides are blocked, we’re told – thanks for this texted photo:
Your co-publishers are embedded at community events tonight, so we appreciate an update (in comments preferably) if you notice the road has reopened before we get word of it!
8:50 PM: Just went by. Still closed.
10:06 PM: Scanner traffic indicates getting the truck off the hill will involve some backing up and potentially a temporary Delridge closure, so heads up on that.
11:23 PM: After more than six hours, the truck and balls are gone. We’ll do our best to follow up on whether any citation was issued.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:33 AM: Good morning! No transit alerts or outbound incidents from West Seattle so far.
WEEKEND VIADUCT CLOSURE: A reminder again, Highway 99 is scheduled to close in both directions this coming weekend (late Friday, October 19th, through early Monday, October 22nd) for the Alaskan Way Viaduct’s final planned inspection, plus some tunnel-transition-related work.
7:51 AM: Problem in the right eastbound lane on the bridge high-rise.
8:22 AM: SDOT says that scene is clear.
9:04 AM: Medic response at 41st/Morgan and texter tells us a motorcycle is involved. On our way to check.
3:24 PM: Thanks to Ben for the photo and word of that car-on-side crash in Fairmount Ravine under the Admiral Way Bridge. No SFD dispatch is logged for it, so apparently no injuries, and as shown in the photo, a tow truck was already on scene when he sent the photo a short time ago, but avoid the road – a popular cut-through from east Alki to Admiral – for a while.
3:52 PM: Just went through to check; the road’s clear.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
6:52 AM: Good morning! So far this morning, no transit alerts or incidents of note reported outbound from West Seattle.
WEEKEND VIADUCT CLOSURE: Time to start reminding you that Highway 99 is scheduled to close in both directions next weekend (late Friday, October 19th, through early Monday, October 22nd) for the Alaskan Way Viaduct’s final planned inspection.
7:42 AM: Just crossed the bridge on a downtown errand. Standard pattern (backups in the 99 exit lane, and the leftbound lane starting before 1st). Sky’s absolutely clear this morning.
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