Tag: 2011 paving

July 20, 2011

New Alaskan Way trail provides safer route south of downtown

No more following slow-moving, stressful Alaskan Way detours full of cars. No more confusing signage that almost leads you onto a Highway 99 on-ramp. No more getting stuck waiting for a train. WSDOT has opened a new multi-use trail between King St and S Atlantic St that will help those headed south and to the…
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tagged: 2011 paving, alaskan way, bike trails, sodo, wsdot
July 13, 2011

Bike box and new pavement coming to 34th Ave N in Fremont

34th Ave N is getting some much-needed work, including a repaved surface and what could be the city’s most useful bike box yet. The street is a major connection between the Fremont Bridge and the Burke-Gilman Trail, two of the most-biked facilities in the city. Aside from fixing the terrible pavement conditions, the project will…
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tagged: 2011 paving, 34th ave n, bike boxes, fremont, fremont ave, fremont bridge, sdot
July 5, 2011

Heavy work to start again on Dexter July 7

If the lure of wide buffered bike lanes for part of the street has gotten you back in the habit of riding on Dexter Ave, get ready to change your routine again. SDOT is going to start removing pavement for the second segment of the project July 7. As we reported in May, work on…
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tagged: 2011 paving, construction, dexter, mutcd, sdot
June 30, 2011

Burke-Gilman section closed Friday for rubber mat fix

A section of the Burke-Gilman Trail will be closed tomorrow while SDOT and the Ballard Terminal Railroad fix the problematic rubber crossing near NW 41st St. Trail users will be detoured onto 6th Ave NW during the work. As we reported earlier this week, many people have reported wrecks at this railroad crossing. The problem…
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tagged: 2011 paving, ballard terminal railroad, burke-gilman, NW 41st st, sdot
June 28, 2011

New bike route will connect Cherry St downtown to Broadway

SDOT is moving forward with plans to create a bike route to connect Broadway and Capitol Hill to downtown via Cherry St. Today, First Hill is something of a black hole of bike routes in the city’s center, and the new route aims to help people get up the hill safely and with as comfortable…
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tagged: 2011 paving, bike lanes, capitol hill, central district, cherry st, downtown, first hill
June 14, 2011

Burke-Gilman detour alternatives (that don’t include driving) – UPDATED

Following the release of the official Burke-Gilman Trail detour between Log Boom Park and the Seattle border, even King County said not to take it. The closure is scheduled to start tomorrow (June 15) and will not be open for six months. The county’s suggestion to take the bus or drive is clearly not acceptable,…
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tagged: 2011 burke-gilman closure, 2011 paving, burke-gilman, construction, detours, lake forest park