The 520 Bridge Trail will be closed across Lake Washington from 11 p.m. tonight (October 11) until 5 a.m. Monday (October 14). There was a bit of confusion about this earlier, but WSDOT has confirmed the closure.
Despite this, biking is still going to be the best way to get around town this weekend. I mean it always is, but especially so due to a bunch of major road closures on the Ballard Bridge and SR-520 as well as lane reductions and overnight closures for the SR-99 Tunnel, I-5 and I-405.
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4 responses to “Alert 10/11-13: 520 Bridge Trail closed, but biking will still be the best way to get around”
Is this closure going to in any way facilitate the opening of the facilities at Montlake? I’m riding through every day admiring the apparently finished bike bridge and sidewalks and bus shelters and wondering when they’ll be available to use!
A watched bike bridge never opens.
Biking was not a great way to get around in the early afternoon today, at least between Seattle and Bellevue, the I-90 bomb scare closures included the I-90 trail between Mercer Island and Bellevue with no detour options. Luckily I caught a bus (I thought it’d be hard to get space since there were lots of cyclists who got turned around, but I guess most of them might’ve just been enjoying the sunny weather).
!!! Oh no! That’s rough.