Tag: montlake
Bike/walk bridge over SR 520 in Montlake will open Dec 14
The very long-awaited biking and walking bridge over SR 520 in Montlake will finally open with a community celebration 11 a.m. December 14. For the better part of a decade, folks trying to bike through Montlake have been dealing with a variety of different detours, and they’ve been stuck mixing with people on the sidewalk…
Alert 5/31-6/3: Bill Dawson Trail closed, but 520 Bridge Trail open
It’s yet another weekend of major closures in the Montlake/SR 520 area. The Bill Dawson Trail between Montlake Blvd and Montlake Playfield will be closed late Friday evening (May 31) through early Monday morning (June 3) along with Lake Washington Boulevard between 520 and the Arboretum. However, walking and biking access will be open along…
Alert 5/10–13: 520 Bridge Trail, Montlake section of Lake Washington Blvd closed late Friday through early Monday
The 520 Bridge Trail will be closed between Montlake and Evergreen Point starting 11 p.m. tonight (May 10) until early morning Monday (May 13). Lake Washington Boulevard will also be closed between Montlake Boulevard and the Arboretum. The short section of 24th Ave E south of Lake Washington Boulevard, which is part of the Lake…
Alert 3/22-25: Weekend closure for trail that has a name almost nobody knows under SR 520 in Montlake
The trail that goes under SR 520 between Montlake Blvd and Montlake Playfield that you probably didn’t know had a name will be closed this weekend starting 10 p.m. March 22 and reopening by 6 a.m. March 25, according to WSDOT. The Bill Dawson Trail*, a name that nobody except the most attentive readers of…
Alert 1/19-2/2: 520 Bridge Trail will be closed for two weeks
The trail across the 520 Bridge will be fully closed for two weeks starting January 19 as crews work move the walking and biking route in Montlake into its permanent alignment and install an overhead sign. The closure begins alongside a weekend of major work that will also close Montlake and Lake Washington Boulevards to…
Alert 12/8–11: 520 Bridge Trail closed again + Montlake Blvd. detour – UPDATE: Cancelled!
UPDATE: WSDOT announced this morning that the trail work has been cancelled. So the bridge trail will be open this weekend, though sections may be skinnier than usual. The 520 Bridge Trail will be closed again this weekend, and this time stretches of Montlake Blvd. and Lake Washington Blvd. will be closed as well along…
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