Tag: dexter

November 19, 2014

Dexter closed Wednesday night, will reopen in morning with different detour

It’s probably best to just avoid the city center’s busiest bike street tonight. Both the Mercer and Alaskan Way Viaduct Projects will be closing parts of Dexter Ave in South Lake Union starting 7 p.m. Wednesday evening and ending 6 a.m. Thursday morning. The state’s closure will be so worksites near Harrison and Republican can switch…
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tagged: construction, deep bore tunnel, dexter, mercer, mercer mess, wsdot
October 7, 2014

One of too many

This story is a bit longer than a typical post on this site. Brandon reached out to me after Sher Kung died and said he wanted people to know what life is like for all those people who are critically injured but not killed in traffic collisions. You might see their counts tallied in a…
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tagged: brandon blake, dexter, injuries
September 30, 2014

Dexter protected bike lane plans include shared turn lanes, bus stops

When the state finally finishes its Hwy 99 utility work that has torn up half of Dexter Ave near Harrison Street in recent months, they will put the road back together and repaint it. But instead of returning the street to its former dangerous design, which was the scene of more than its share of…
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tagged: dexter, protected bike lanes, sdot
August 15, 2014

City finally planning road safety project on Dexter between Denny and Mercer

Dexter Ave may never go back to being the dangerous, super wide street it was before major construction began a few months ago between Mercer and Denny in South Lake Union. The city is planning a road safety redesign for the street, which is a major bike route and the scene of several serious collisions…
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tagged: dexter, mike wang, sdot, south lake union
August 4, 2014

City bans dangerous right turns across Dexter bike lane at Mercer

Ever since Broad Street closed for good and Mercer changed from one-way to two-way, people biking southbound on Dexter Ave have faced a new danger: Cars making right turns in front of them to access westbound Mercer. But the city announced recently that they are taking action by banning motor vehicles from making right turns…
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tagged: brock howell, cascade bicycle club, construction, dexter, mercer mess, mercer west, sdot
July 25, 2014

Northbound bike lane on Dexter will be closed 8 days starting Monday

Just in from WSDOT: The state will close the northbound bike lane on Dexter at Harrison Street for eight days starting Monday morning. The crunch is so the state can relocate utilities for the Highway 99 tunnel (that may or may not ever be completed). Details from WSDOT: To make room for SR 99 tunnel…
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tagged: construction, deep bore tunnel, dexter, highway 99 north portal, wsdot