Tag: airport way

August 26, 2014

Two people driving strike kids on bikes in Georgetown

Two different people driving struck two boys who were biking near Georgetown Playfield Monday afternoon, according to police. An eight-year-old was struck while crossing Airport Way at Corson Ave and the Lucile Street overpass around 3:30 p.m. His 12-year-old friend saw the collision and rode over to help, but a different person driving through the…
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tagged: airport way, corson ave, georgetown, injuries, lucile st
April 9, 2014

Seattle PI: Man charged with vehicular homicide for killing Darren Fouquette on Airport Way

Michael Jordan, 22, was going 73 in a 45 and possibly chatting on a cell phone when he moved into the right lane to pass a semi on Airport Way near Boeing Field in the morning of May 30, 2013. But the semi had changed into the left lane to pass Darren Fouquette, 46, who…
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tagged: airport way, crime, darren fouquette, deaths, michael jordan, seattle pi, vehicular homicide
May 30, 2013

Person biking near Boeing Field struck by car and seriously injured – UPDATE: Police seek witnesses

A man was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries this morning after he was struck on Airport Way S near Boeing Field around 6:50 a.m. Originally reported as a collision with a person walking, police say the collision involved a man on a bike and a man driving a Nissan Maxima both traveling south…
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tagged: airport way, boeing field, injuries
December 18, 2012

Airport Way Bridge grand opening is Friday

The terrible detour around the Airport Way Bridge at the north end of Georgetown is almost at an end. The city will celebrate the grand opening of the reconstructed bridge at 3:30 p.m. Friday. There are no bike lanes included in the bridge (which is very unfortunate), but it simply being open will do wonders…
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tagged: airport way, airport way south viaduct, construction, georgetown, sodo
November 18, 2011

Airport Way bridge set to close for a year or more

Biking (and driving and walking) to Georgetown from the north is about to get a little more difficult as the Airport Way viaduct just north of the neighborhood goes under construction for 12-14 months. People biking will be detoured all the way to 1st Ave S between S Lander St to S Lucile St. For…
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tagged: airport way, airport way south viaduct, construction, georgetown, sodo
May 10, 2011

Contraflow bike lane installed in International District

SDOT has installed a contraflow bike lane and “cross-bike” on 6th Ave S between Dearborn and Seattle Blvd S (AKA Airport Way S). Until this project, cyclists trying to access Airport Way S or 6th Ave S from just about anywhere north of I-90 were directed down 6th Ave S in the International District, a…
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tagged: 2011 paving, 6th ave s, airport way, contraflow bike lanes, cross-bikes, international district, sdot, seattle blvd