Tag: west seattle
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Want some company biking downtown? Join these welcoming West and SE Seattle rides or start your own
Biking on city streets can be more fun and less intimidating when you are with a group. And riding with a group can be a great way to become familiar with a route and learn some tips before trying it on your own. So as a lot of people are looking for other ways to…
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ALERT: West Seattle swing bridge will be out from 7-9 Tuesday night, shuttles available
Attention folks who bike across the lower West Seattle Bridge: SDOT just announced a closure from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight (Tuesday). As with the previous closure, there will be a shuttle to help folks walking and biking get across, but this will add significant delay. So leave early or late if you can. Otherwise,…
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Lower West Seattle Bridge reopens, but closure highlighted major need for Sodo bike lanes
UPDATE: The Lower Spokane St Bridge is back open again to all pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle traffic! Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding. — seattleDOTbridges (@SDOTbridges) June 26, 2018 The lower West Seattle Bridge has reopened following a more than five-day emergency repair of the vital biking and walking connection between West…
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Lower West Seattle Bridge closed for emergency week-long repair – UPDATED
The lower West Seattle swing bridge closed Wednesday evening for emergency repairs, SDOT announced just hours before crews were planning to take the bridge out of order. The bridge will be in the open position for marine vessels, unusable for people biking, walking or driving for as long as a week. People biking or walking…
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City’s 2019 plans for SW Avalon would dramatically improve bike access to the heart of W Seattle
There are only so many ways to get up West Seattle’s formidable hills, and SW Avalon Way is an absolutely vital one. Connecting the Alki Trail/West Seattle Bridge to Fauntleroy and the heart of West Seattle, Avalon is one of the neighborhood’s most important bike routes. It already has old, paint-only bike lanes in spots,…
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Options for a redesigned E Marginal Way + Regional leadership needed to connect to S King County
Today is the last day to comment on SDOT’s E Marginal Way online open house. The city is working on a major reconstruction and redesign of the industrial street that also serves as one of the most vital bike connections for West Seattle, the Duwamish Valley and beyond. As a regional bike route, the street…
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