(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

7:01 AM: Good morning! No incidents or transit advisories for West Seattle and vicinity so far.

7:07 AM: Crash on the eastbound bridge at the Admiral entrance, blocking the bus lane according to a texter.

7:52 AM: That crash is not yet clear, per SDOT.

8:05 AM: And now it is.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:58 AM: Good morning! No traffic incidents reported in/from West Seattle so far this morning.

One transit note: The 6:41 am Route 55 bus did not operate, according to Metro. That’s the second day in a row that the 55 missed a run.

7:57 AM: WSDOT reports a crash blocking the left lane on the NB 1st Ave. S. Bridge.

8:17 AM: Cleared.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:58 AM: Good morning! So far – no incidents in/from West Seattle; no transit alerts.

7:47 AM: After-the-fact alert from Metro: “Route 55 to downtown Seattle due to leave SW Atlantic St & 44 Av SW at 7:40 AM did not operate this morning.”

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:59 AM: Good morning. No incidents in our area so far but lots of commute challenges outside it and depending on where you’re going, you may experience delays. Spring break is over for Seattle Public Schools and others, too.

FAUNTLEROY WORK RESUMES: The second week of nighttime paving/walkway work at the Fauntleroy ferry dock is scheduled to start tonight.

SPEAKING OF FERRIES … today the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route has some vessel-shuffling.

2:30 PM: A crash on the westbound side of the west end of the West Seattle Bridge is affecting EB traffic too because of jersey-barrier displacement. SDOT is on scene.

3:40 PM: Still one lane blocked each way, according to the live camera accessible via the city map.

4:18 PM: Still working on the jersey barrier.

4:28 PM: SDOT has just cleared the scene and it’s now back to normal both ways. Apologies but we don’t have any information about whether anyone was hurt in the crash itself – from the incident log, it doesn’t appear anyone was transported by medic unit, so if there were injuries, they weren’t major.

10:51 AM: Thanks for the tip. The West Seattle Bridge offramp to southbound I-5 is blocked right now by a crash – our tipster says it’s a rollover. No Seattle Fire dispatch for injuries so far, though.

12:30 PM: Though WSDOT hasn’t updated the status, the “live” webcam pic (as shown above) shows the ramp open again.

If you’re up at this hour, you might need to know about this Saturday night/Sunday morning traffic alert. From WSDOT:

Rain this weekend will not affect an overnight closure of the northbound Interstate 5 off-ramp to the West Seattle Bridge, Spokane Street, and Columbian Way.

Contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will close the ramp from 11 p.m. Saturday, April 14, to 6 a.m. Sunday, April 15. The work is part of the #ReviveI5 project to rehabilitate about 13 miles of the interstate between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Northeast Ravenna Boulevard.

So even though the all-weekend closure was postponed, this one-night closure is on. Here’s what’s planned in the weeks ahead.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

7:02 AM: Good morning and happy Friday. No traffic incidents or transit alerts reported in this area so far.

STADIUM ZONE: The Mariners open a homestand tonight, 7:10 pm vs. Oakland.

OTHER WEEKEND TRAFFIC ALERTS: Here’s the city’s roundup.

SPRING BREAK: Today is the final day of no classes for Seattle Public Schools and independent schools that follow the same schedule; everybody’s back on Monday.

1:47 PM: Just caught this via the scanner: SFD and SPD are being dispatched, for cleanup and traffic control respectively, for what’s described as “a 100-foot-long fuel spill” on the 1st Avenue S. northbound downhill toward the Highway 509 entrance, north of Myers Way. Avoid the area for a while.

2:14 PM: SFD’s log shows that its crews have closed the call.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:59 AM: Good morning! We just checked around and there are no traffic incidents or transit alerts for this area.

POSTPONEMENT: WSDOT has announced that the “Revive I-5” plan to close the NB I-5 offramp to the West Seattle Bridge all weekend is again postponed because of weather concerns.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

7:02 AM: Good morning! No incidents or transit alerts in/from West Seattle so far.

WEEKEND ALERT: WSDOT is planning to close the NB I-5 exit to the West Seattle Bridge from Friday night through early Monday.

(SDOT camera image of crash scene)

4:57 PM: If you’re headed this way, avoid the low bridge for a while – it’s still blocked by a westbound crash, according to the live camera accessible via the SDOT map. (Thanks to Patrick for the tip.)

P.S. This is advice for motorized-vehicle drivers – it looks like the bicycle path remains open.

5:53 PM: Per scanner traffic, the bridge has reopened both ways.

Heads up if you will be south of here at any point this weekend – WSDOT has rescheduled the closure of the northbound I-5 exit to the West Seattle Bridge exit for 9 pm this Friday night (April 13th) through 5 am Monday morning (April 16th). It’s part of a busy spring/summer of work dubbed “Revive I-5”; you can read the backstory here, and you can go here to see the list of other work planned on area state highways in the days/nights ahead.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:52 AM: Good morning. We start with a crash on the NB 1st Avenue S. Bridge, reported to be blocking the left lane. No transit alerts. Weather-wise – the rain is back.

7:22 AM: some progress on the 1st Ave S. Bridge – tow truck on scene.

7:45 AM: All clear.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:49 AM: Good morning! No traffic incidents or transit alerts reported in the area so far this morning.

SPRING BREAK: Seattle Public Schools and independent schools that follow its schedule are out all week.

FAUNTLEROY DOCK PAVING: Six weeks of work, scheduled to start tonight and continue Mondays-Thursdays, 7 pm-4 am.

6:13 PM: Another traffic incident with SFD and SPD responding – thanks for the tips. It’s at California/Admiral. Multiple texters say (updated) a pedestrian was hit. Avoid the area.

6:34 PM: Witnesses and the incident log indicate one person was transported to the hospital via SFD medic unit.

6:44 PM: The scene is clear.

4:34 PM: SFD and SPD are responding to a crash at Fauntleroy and Othello, with a report of five people hurt. Avoid the area for now.

4:46 PM: We’ve just arrived in the area. Police have southbound Fauntleroy blocked, and are directing traffic onto westbound, Myrtle. Northbound Fauntleroy is getting through (and a southbound RapidRide bus was directed through, as well). One vehicle is in a yard on the northwest corner of Fauntleroy/Othello.

4:52 PM: SFD will be wrapping up here shortly. Firefighters tell us that two people are going to the hospital, both by private ambulance, so their injuries are not major.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

7:26 AM: Quiet morning so far – nothing unusual on the roads, and no transit alerts.

WEEKEND TRAFFIC REMINDERS: Here are three weekend notes – including the Sunday morning northbound Highway 99 closure for the Emerald City Ride.

STARTING MONDAY: Paving work will begin Monday night at the Fauntleroy ferry dock, 7 pm-4 am nightly, Monday-Thursday nights, for about six weeks.

SPRING BREAK: Parochial schools with post-Easter breaks will be back in session Monday, while that’s the start of spring break for Seattle Public Schools and the independent schools that follow its schedule.

7:56 AM: Crash blocking one lane on the Avalon on-ramp, reports SDOT:

8:02 AM: SFD is being dispatched to a crash at 10th and Elmgrove in Highland Park.

8:30 AM: If you are driving or riding through Fauntleroy, Kersti texted an alert – there’s glass from an apparent broken window in the street on California SW by Fauntleroy Schoolhouse. It’s been reported.

8:38 AM: Correction to our mention above that there were no transit alerts – we missed the 6:32 am announcement that the 7:19 am Route 56 wouldn’t run. Noting it here for the record.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:21 AM: Thanks for the text – the “car fire” call at 35th/Holly is reported to be a Metro bus. Texter says the fire was out fast and indeed, SFD has already closed out the call.

6:42 AM: Meantime, no other West Seattle incidents or transit alerts reported so far.

WEEKEND TRAFFIC ALERTS: Here’s the roundup we published last night – including the Sunday morning NB Highway 99 closure for the Emerald City Ride.

This is info we routinely include in weekday morning traffic coverage, looking ahead to the weekend starting at midweek, and day-of when relevant. But given one big change for the weekend ahead, we thought we’d mention this all now:

I-5 WORK POSTPONED: If you had heard about the plan to close the NB I-5 exit to the West Seattle Bridge all weekend long starting this Friday night – never mind. WSDOT has announced that it’s postponed because of weather. No new date set yet.

NB VIADUCT CLOSED SUNDAY MORNING: Remember the Emerald City Ride we told you about back in January, with a chance to ride on the soon(ish)-to-be-demolished Alaskan Way Viaduct? This Sunday morning (April 8th) is when it’s happening, and NB Highway 99 will be closed starting at 6 am from East Marginal Way South to the Bridge Way exit north of the Aurora Bridge; the section from the Battery Street Tunnel northward will reopen by 9:30 am, but the AWV itself will stay closed until 11:30 am. Here’s the full list of roads/streets/highways involved in the ride and when closures are planned. (And if you want to register for the ride – here’s how.)

CRANE INSTALLATION: If you missed it in this update, Saturday is when tower-crane installation is planned at the Luna Apartments/PCC site at 2749 California SW. We’ll be checking back for specifics before week’s end.

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:59 AM: Good morning. We start with word of a crash just reported a few minutes ago at Fauntleroy Way SW and SW Graham. SFD is responding.

No transit alerts so far.

WEEKEND ROAD-WORK ALERT: If you expect to be driving on northbound I-5 toward the West Seattle Bridge this weekend, here are closures you need to know about.