Tag: marginal way

February 28, 2024

Biking and walking access will be maintained during E Marginal Way construction

Construction crews are preparing to begin work on a major, multi-year rebuild of E Marginal Way S as soon as March 11, according to SDOT. The project includes building an entirely new roadbed built to withstand heavy truck traffic as well as new protected bike lanes. Work is not expected to be complete until 2026.…
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tagged: marginal way, port of seattle, sdot
October 23, 2023

E Marginal Way remake delayed due to old railroad agreement confusion

Confusion over the rights to a mostly unused and perhaps even forgotten rail line has delayed work on a major designed and funded remake of East Marginal Way between downtown and the West Seattle bridges. As we reported in April, the contract for construction has been awarded with work scheduled to begin right about now.…
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tagged: bnsf, marginal way, megan hoyt, port of seattle, s hanford street, s horton street, sdot, union pacific
April 10, 2023

City awards E Marginal Way contract, work to start in fall

A complete rebuild of E Marginal Way has been in the works for a long time, and work is set to finally get under way this autumn. The street is both a major bike route and the trucking access point for several Port terminals, and the project has been an example of bike safety and…
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tagged: marginal way, sdot
August 23, 2022

Cascade lists their 5 top-priority Seattle bike projects

Cascade Bicycle Club recently posted their top 5 Seattle bike improvement priorities, though it’s really more like like 4 projects and a citywide plan. They go into more detail about each in their blog post, so go check it out. Here’s the list: Georgetown to Downtown Bike Connection West Marginal Way Bike Connection Seattle Waterfront…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, georgetown to downtown bike connection, marginal way, missing link, seattle transportation plan, sodo, waterfront
November 23, 2021

Vital E Marginal Way bike route to West Seattle is fully funded

With $20 million in federal funding, Seattle now has enough money to complete a long-planned E Marginal Way rebuild in SODO. Final design is scheduled to be complete in early 2022, with work beginning later in the year. Construction should be complete by 2025. The funded phase stretches from S Atlantic Street near T-Mobile Park…
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tagged: marginal way, rebuilding american infrastructure with sustainability and equity, sdot
July 6, 2020

E Marginal Way remake and bikeway heads into final design, construction could begin in 2021

With the fate of the West Seattle Bridge still unknown, SDOT is fast-tracking projects to improve other connections to and around the bridge. That includes the long-planned E Marginal Way remake, which has been a priority for both the Port and people biking and walking between downtown and the lower West Seattle Bridge. The primary…
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tagged: marginal way, port of seattle, sdot, west seattle