West Seattle, Washington
10 Wednesday
Road work ahead on Puget Ridge – thanks to a South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) source for forwarding the notice:
We checked with SDOT and they confirm that this work WILL start this weekend
(WSDOT photo: Tunnel’s south portal)
The decision’s in. No Highway 99 closure this weekend, but WSDOT says one IS on the horizon. The announcement:
This weekend’s scheduled closure of southbound SR 99 through Seattle has been canceled. The viaduct will be open all weekend.
There is another full southbound closure scheduled for the following weekend. The road will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 through 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17 between the south end of the Battery Street Tunnel and South Spokane Street.
Contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will be completing pavement work needed for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program. Drivers are encouraged to plan their trip before they go, and expect delays.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
6:39 AM: Good morning! Day 2 with just about everyone back to school; no incidents reported in/from West Seattle.
POSSIBLE HIGHWAY 99 CLOSURE THIS WEEKEND: WSDOT says they’ll decide today whether to go ahead with tentative plans to close SB Highway 99 between the Battery Street Tunnel and the West Seattle Bridge from Friday night until early Monday. We’ll have a separate update when that word is in.
6:56 AM: Remember that EC Hughes on 34th SW between Holden and Kenyon is now back in service as a school, home to Roxhill Elementary. Just heard a scanner dispatch for people speeding in the area despite the “presence of children.”
7:06 AM: Scanner – crash response for Fauntleroy/35th end of eastbound West Seattle Bridge. Awaiting further details. (added) Police say 1 person has minor injuries – the crash is closer to where the bridge passes by Nucor.
7:16 AM: If you have to get to the bridge, avoid the Fauntleroy end, as this response is blocking all EB lanes at that end.
7:35 AM: One lane’s now open, per both a reader and SDOT. Photo added – showing the crash scene is closer to the overpass.
7:47 PM: SDOT says the crash scene is now clear. But of course, be mindful of residual backups.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
6:58 AM: Good morning! So far, no incidents reported in/from West Seattle.
BACK TO SCHOOL: Almost everyone who isn’t back already goes back today, including Seattle Public Schools.
STADIUM ZONE: The Mariners host Baltimore again tonight, 7:10 pm.
5:12 PM: Thanks for the tips. A crash at 38th and Fauntleroy is at least partly blocking the road. No SFD callout so apparently no injuries but SPD is on the scene. One driver apparently hit a streetlight pole.
5:20 PM: Texted photo added. The texter says at least two vehicles were involved. This is on the westbound/southbound side of Fauntleroy. (Per SDOT, those lanes have since been blocked by police, along with one lane going the other way.)
5:26 PM: Metro says Routes 116, 118, and 119 are rerouted off Fauntleroy because of this. And per scanner, this is going to be “shut down for a while” because City Light can’t get a crew there quickly.
5:40 PM: That photo is from SDOT, which reports all lanes of Fauntleroy are now blocked at the crash scene.
5:52 PM: Another photo added, tweeted by @michaelkmason. S/WB traffic is being diverted up Oregon.
7:02 PM: The live camera on the city map shows the closure continues; City Light doesn’t appear to be on site yet.
7:42 PM: SDOT camera shows that City Light is now on scene to repair the pole.
9:04 PM: Just went by. They’re still working.
11:00 PM: Live SDOT camera shows still closed, SCL still working.
12:18 AM: Fauntleroy has just reopened, more than 7 hours after the crash.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
6:56 AM: Good morning! No incidents reported in/from West Seattle so far.
BACK TO SCHOOL: Here’s our list of who goes back when – several local schools start today.
STADIUM ZONE: The Mariners’ homestand vs. Baltimore continues tonight, 7:10 pm.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:06 AM: Good morning! No incidents reported in/from West Seattle so far.
STADIUM ZONE TONIGHT: Zac Brown Band concert, 7 pm at Safeco Field.
LABOR DAY TRANSIT: Advance alerts – On Monday (September 3), Metro buses will be on a Sunday schedule … The West Seattle Water Taxi will be on an extended Sunday schedule … Washington State Ferries‘ Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route will be on its summer-weekend sailing schedule … Sound Transit Route 560 will be on a Sunday schedule.
7:20 AM: Metro just sent an alert saying the 7:15 am Route 55 bus “did not operate.”
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:29 AM: Good morning! The holiday weekend getaway starts in earnest today. So far this morning, no incidents in/from West Seattle.
STADIUM ZONE: Seahawks at home tonight, 7 pm, vs. Oakland. That means extended West Seattle Water Taxi service.
8:01 AM: Trouble on NB 35tb SW in Arbor Heights – stuck 21X bus blocking at 98th, just 2 blocks north of the sidewalk-project closure.
(Added – photo sent by Eric)
No tow truck yet.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:02 AM: Good morning. So far, no incidents reported outbound from West Seattle.
8:38 AM: Police activity is reported in The Junction. We’re on the way to find out more and will have a separate story once we do.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:06 AM: Good morning. No incidents outbound from West Seattle so far. But a texter says the signal at Delridge/Juneau seems to be malfunctioning – cycling through too quickly – and traffic there is backing up.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:25 AM: A stalled vehicle is blocking the center lane on I-5 NB “just north of Columbian Way,” per WSDOT. That’s it for current issues on outbound routes.
8 AM: That has cleared.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:05 AM: Good morning. So far, no incidents reported in/from West Seattle.
CLOSURES CANCELED: Just in case you hadn’t yet heard – the planned weekend closures for Highway 99 and I-5 have both been canceled, to be rescheduled at a TBD date.
8:47 AM: SFD hazmat response has closed WB Spokane at Klickitat, just east of the low bridge.
9:53 AM: Per scanner, a broken-down vehicle on the eastbound high bridge by Delridge might be there a while – the estimate for a tow is 45 minutes.
9:58 AM: SFD says the incident in the 1100 block of SW Spokane was a “small spill of hydrofluoric acid” and that it’s “finishing up.” One person was taken to the hospital “as a precaution.”
First WSDOT announced the I-5 work that would have closed the NB I-5 ramp to the West Seattle Bridge was postponed … now the Highway 99 work is off, too. So, NO West Seattle-affecting closures this weekend after all.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:12 AM: Good morning. So far, no incidents reported in/from West Seattle.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: Seattle Lutheran High School is back in session.
WEEKEND CLOSURES: Another reminder, I-5 and 99 closures Friday night through early Monday – here’s the info.
EARLY ALERT: SDOT has announced it’ll be painting on the high bridge early next Wednesday.
8:13 AM: Thanks to Teri for the tip. There’s a crash at Olson/2nd. Two SFD engines have responded.
8:43 AM: Two-truck crash per Terri, narrowing eastbound to 1 lane.
WEEKEND UPDATE: The I-5 ramp closure is postponed. 99 closure still on.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:12 AM: Good morning. No incidents reported in/from West Seattle.
STADIUM ZONE: Day game for the Mariners playing Houston at 1:10 pm.
WEEKEND CLOSURES: I-5 and 99 closures Friday night through early Monday, and the parameters of the 99 closure have changed – here’s the new info.
7:20 AM: As noted in comments, the live camera for the eastbound bridge shows something going on with a bus just past the exit to NB 99. No alerts on this but clearly blocking right now.
7:30 AM: Camera shows that’s now cleared.
9:25 AM: More bus trouble – one is stuck on the stretch of California SW near Fauntleroy Schoolhouse/Church.
9:31 AM: We just went to check on the bus – and it’s cleared. Adding a photo texted before that happened.
Thanks to Jennifer for catching that the weekend northbound Highway 99 closure we mentioned yesterday had changed from Friday/Saturday/Sunday nights to “all weekend long.” But there’s now another change beyond the one she had spotted on the WSDOT site. While we were corresponding with spokesperson Laura Newborn about the change, she got word minutes ago that the NB 99closure will *only* extend from the West Seattle Bridge to Atlantic Street. That means the elevated Alaskan Way Viaduct itself, from the stadium zone northward, WILL remain open all weekend.
To recap:
*NB Highway 99 closed Friday night to early Monday, between West Seattle Bridge and Atlantic St.
*No change in NB I-5 closure – Offramp to West Seattle Bridge and Columbian Way will be closed 9 pm Friday-5 am Monday
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:06 AM: Good morning. No incidents reported in/from West Seattle so far.
STADIUM ZONE: Mariners play Houston again tonight, 7:10 am.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: All students are back at Summit Atlas (35th/Roxbury) today.
NEXT WEEKEND: I-5 and 99 closures you need to know about – here’s the early info.
12:42 PM: Early-ish heads-up today from WSDOT: As the “Revive I-5” project continues on northbound I-5, another ramp closure will affect people heading to West Seattle next weekend. This time, WSDOT spokesperson Tom Pearce tells WSB, it will be a closure of the ramp *FROM northbound I-5, TO the westbound West Seattle Bridge* (and Columbian Way), so that the ramp can be repaved, between 9 pm Friday night and 5 am Monday morning (8/24-8/27). The ramps FROM the West Seattle Bridge will NOT be affected this time. Full details of this weekend’s closures will be out in a day or two.
2:21 PM: Thanks to commenter 44th Res for pointing out there’s a weekend 99 closure too. We found it here and confirmed with WSDOT that the closure is nightly, NB 99 between the West Seattle Bridge and Battery Street Tunnel, 9 pm-5 am Friday night (8/24-25), Saturday night (8/25-26), and Sunday night (8/26-27), with one exception: After the Saturday night Ed Sheeran concert at CenturyLink Field, “the northbound on-ramp from South Royal Brougham will temporarily open to traffic.”
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:11 AM: Good morning. No incidents so far in/from West Seattle.
STADIUM ZONE: 7:10 pm Mariners game tonight vs. Houston.
(WSB photo, taken during concrete pouring on Thursday)
The Arbor Heights sidewalk project along 35th SW between 100th and 106th is nearing completion, according to SDOT‘s newest update, sent this afternoon:
We’re in our final stretch of construction work! This week, we have accomplished the following:
*Our crews completed pouring concrete on all sidewalks on the west side of 35th Ave SW, between SW 100th St and SW 104th St
*We completed asphalt paving on the roadway against curb on the east side of 35th Ave SW, between SW 100th St and SW 102nd St
*We installed temporary striping (roadway markings) on 35th Ave SW
Next week, our crews will:
*Complete pouring concrete at curb corners and build ADA-compliant curb ramps on west side of 35th Ave SW (Please note this work was pushed back to next week due to limited concrete availability this week)
*Begin demolishing and pouring concrete at curb corners and build ADA-compliant curb ramps on east side of 35th Ave SW
This work will require maintaining existing closure of 35th Ave SW, between SW 100th St and SW 106th St during our work hours, 7 AM – 5 PM
In addition, eastbound traffic at the intersection of 35th Ave SW and SW 100th St will be intermittently closed next Monday, 8/20 between 9 AM – 5 PM. Vehicles traveling eastbound at this intersection between these hours, please do so at 35th Ave SW and SW Roxbury St. Flaggers will be on site to help direct traffic during this work.
Completed sidewalks will be accessible early next week. Pedestrians will be detoured to use sidewalk across the street during our curb ramp construction work.
Our crews will do their best to keep their equipment-staging footprint to a minimum and allow for more on-street parking available for impacted households to temporarily park their cars on the east side of the street and/or on the side streets. Please note that we will reopen 35th Ave SW at the end of each work day.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
6:59 AM: Good morning. So far, no incidents reported in/from West Seattle.
STADIUM ZONE: The Mariners are back home, hosting the Dodgers tonight at 7:10 pm.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
7:15 AM: Good morning. No incidents reported in/from West Seattle so far.
(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)
6:58 AM: Good morning. No incidents reported in/from West Seattle so far.
| 1 COMMENT