Tag: ballard bridge

October 11, 2023

Seattle reaches agreement with railroad to pave over dangerous tracks under the Ballard Bridge

In a surprise development in the long, injurious and frustrating history of the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, Councilmember Dan Strauss announced Tuesday an agreement with the Ballard Terminal Railroad Company that should set the city up to pave over the rarely used tracks near and under the Ballard Bridge. “This is a…
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tagged: ballard, ballard bridge, ballard terminal railroad, dan strauss, meeker southern railroad, missing link, nw 45th st, sdot
August 8, 2023

10 more people file claims against city over Ballard Missing Link injuries

Despite reaching a settlement with a group of eight people who sued the City of Seattle in 2022 after they crashed and were injured while biking through the Ballard Missing Link, the city still has not made the treacherous railroad crossing under the Ballard Bridge “reasonably safe for ordinary travel,” according to a new set…
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tagged: ballard bridge, burke-gilman trail, lawsuit, missing link, nw 45th st, sdot, washington bike law
July 26, 2023

After community urging, SDOT adds last-minute safety improvements to 15th Ave NW paving project

SDOT just added some significant safety improvements to the 15th Ave NW paving project before declaring the design 100% complete and ready for construction. No, the changes to not fix the horrible sidewalks across the Ballard Bridge, which is easily the biggest problem with this stretch of the street. However, SDOT will add a median…
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tagged: 15th ave NW, ballard, ballard bridge, fremont-ballard greenways, greg spotts, sdot
January 12, 2023

SDOT’s new gravel pits under the Ballard Bridge baffle riders, more changes coming ‘in 2023’

SDOT completed work on an “interim” redesign of the problematic track crossing under the Ballard Bridge for people attempting to bike the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, but the new gravel pits sporadically placed in the area seems to be baffling riders rather than helping them. People have been crashing on the train tracks…
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tagged: ballard, ballard bridge, burke-gilman trail, missing link, nw 45th st, sdot
January 9, 2023

Neighbors create detailed plan for how the 15th Ave NW paving project can ‘Reconnect Ballard’

SDOT’s most recent plans for the department’s 15th Ave NW repaving project, which includes the Ballard Bridge, would make very few if any tangible safety improvements for people biking. But neighbors are organizing in an effort to get some key safety improvements added to the $16.2 million project. Ballard-Fremont Greenways created an effort they call…
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tagged: 15th ave NW, ballard, ballard bridge, ballard-fremont greenways, reconnect ballard, sdot
December 16, 2022

SDOT will try again to make rail crossing under the Ballard Bridge safer

SDOT is set to start work as soon as Monday on another fix to hopefully prevent people from crashing while biking across the train tracks under the Ballard Bridge as they navigate the notorious Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link. Crews will tear out sections of the roadway and replace it with gravel in hopes that this…
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tagged: ballard, ballard bridge, missing link, nw 45th st, sdot