Tag: west seattle
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SDOT reopens Spokane Street Swing Bridge 4 days early
Here’s some great news for people who walk or bike to and from West Seattle: SDOT has completed work on the Spokane Street Swing Bridge in just half the time they originally estimated. The bridge is now operational, and the vital trail it carries is open. The bridge was closed October 7 to install a…
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Alert 10/7–14: Spokane Street Swing Bridge to West Seattle will be closed again
Seattle’s least reliable bridge will be unusable for a week from October 7 through 14, creating a major headache for people who walk or bike between West Seattle and mainland Seattle. The bridge will need to remain in the open-to-sea configuration while crews replace the faulty turn cylinder that was removed during the previous unexpected…
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SDOT is reopening the Spokane Street Bridge, will remove 1st Ave bike lanes Saturday
After three weeks stuck in its waterway-priority position, the Spokane Street Swing Bridge to West Seattle will be usable again this afternoon. SDOT noted in an announcement that it should be fully open by 2 p.m. today (Friday). This is fantastic news for people who have faced a very long detour via the 1st Avenue…
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SDOT’s emergency bike lanes are glorious
I’m pecking this post out on my phone from beneath the West Seattle Bridge after biking SDOT’s temporary, emergency bike lanes on 1st Ave S and on W Marginal Way, and I’m just beaming. It’s so good. Everyone involved should be commended. Like, I just biked through Georgetown to the start of the Alki Trail,…
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20 year old charged with vehicular homicide and hit and run for killing Robb Mason
Mohamed A Yusuf, a 20 year old living in West Seattle, faces counts of vehicular homicide and felony hit and run after allegedly striking and killing Robb Mason with his Hyundai Elantra while Mason was biking in a crosswalk just south of the Spokane Street Bridge in July. Robb Mason, a massage therapist from West…
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The case for an emergency SoDo bike path in response to the Spokane Street Bridge closure
The Spokane Street Bridge Connecting West Seattle to the mainland closed during the holiday ice storm and has been out of operation ever since. Repairs will take a minimum of two weeks, SDOT said earlier this week, pegging the earliest reopening date at January 10. People in West Seattle have put up with a lot…
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