Tag: sr 520

November 21, 2024

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…
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tagged: 520 trail, montlake, sr 520, wsdot
August 16, 2024

You did it! WSDOT will not cut the Harvard Connection path to planned Roanoke Lid

The efforts by advocates at Central Seattle Greenways as well as readers like you have paid off. WSDOT announced that they are no longer planning to cut the Harvard Connection path to the planned Roanoke Lid as part of the SR-520 Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid Project. “Following conversations with legislators, our contractor, project…
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tagged: central seattle greenways, harvard ave e, roanoke lid, sr 520, wsdot
August 14, 2024

Trail connection to planned Roanoke Lid would restore a historic Seattle bike path + Tell WSDOT not to cut it

Not only would the Harvard Ave path connect the Roanoke Lid and 520 Trail along a safer and less steep route, it would also restore a small piece of Seattle’s first ever bike paths. You can support a Central Seattle Greenways effort to protect the proposed path from budget cuts on the freeway megaproject. The…
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tagged: action alerts, central seattle greenways, history, i-5, interlaken, lake union bike path, lake washington bike path, roanoke, roanoke lid, sr 520, wsdot
July 25, 2024

Alert 7/26-29: 520 Bridge trail closed late Friday until early Monday

The trail across the 520 Bridge will be closed from 11 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday along with all the traffic lanes and ramps. The Montlake Bridge and Montlake Boulevard will remain open for regular travel. Kind of a bummer for the bridge to close for a summer weekend with such a spectacular forecast.…
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tagged: 520 trail, Bike Route Alert, sr 520, wsdot
May 30, 2024

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…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, montlake, sr 520, wsdot
March 19, 2024

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…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, bill dawson trail, montlake, sr 520, wsdot