Tag: I-90 trail

April 7, 2020

Improved I-90 Trail connection in Factoria still aiming for a late 2020 opening

Work is still continuing on an improved I-90/Mountains to Sound Trail connection over Factoria Blvd SE in Bellevue. The project broke ground in the fall and is still aiming for completion in late 2020, according to project manager Chris Masek. Previously, the trail dumped users onto the sidewalk at the southwest corner of the intersection…
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tagged: bellevue, bellevue gap, I-90 trail
September 22, 2019

Cascade: Mercer Island plan should ‘futureproof’ I-90 Trail, open house Monday

When the I-90 Trail crosses Mercer Island, it climbs up and through a park created in the 1990s to cover the freeway. Posthumously named after and Island Councilmember and Mayor who negotiated with the state to include the lidded park, Aubrey Davis Park hides what would otherwise have been a freeway trench dividing the island…
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tagged: aubrey davis park, cascade bicycle club, I-90 trail, mercer island
October 24, 2016

Judkins Park Station is a golden opportunity to improve Rainier Ave, I-90 Trail transit access

The design for Judkins Park Station is getting closer to final, and Sound Transit wants feedback from people who bike. So get to their open house 5 – 7 p.m. Tuesday (tomorrow) at the nearby Northwest African American Museum. With the I-90 Trail essentially leading straight into the station, biking will be one of the…
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tagged: 23rd ave, east link, I-90 trail, judkins park, rainier ave
September 23, 2015

Check out Rainier Valley north-south greenway details tonight

Plans for the city’s most ambitious neighborhood greenway are getting close to completion, and they’re really something. You can check them out and give the city feedback at an open house from 6–7 p.m. tonight at the Hillman City Collaboratory (map). The plans are definitely not perfect, but this is also one of the biggest…
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tagged: columbia city, I-90 trail, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, sdot, shirley savel
March 17, 2015

Bellevue installs its first bike counters + First look at the data

The City of Bellevue and WSDOT have installed the city’s first ever electronic bike counters to track hour-by-hour usage of the I-90 and 520 Trails. As we’ve seen with Seattle’s counters (the oldest being the Fremont Bridge counter), having daily and hourly data gives a much more clear insight into actual bike use. Previously, the…
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tagged: 520 trail, bellevue, bike counter, I-90 trail, kevin mcdonald, wsdot
July 21, 2014

I-90 ‘carpocalypse’ largely avoided on first morning commute

It’s becoming a pattern. Every time a major freeway work project closes all or most the lanes, a media firestorm compares the upcoming commute to the end of the world. All but one westbound lane on I-90 is closed as the state replaces aging expansion joints in the bridge between Bellevue and Mercer Island. Ahead…
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tagged: construction, i-90, I-90 trail, i90to1, wsdot