Tag: wsdot
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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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Alert 12/1-3: 520 Bridge Trail is closed this weekend
The 520 Bridge is completely closed this weekend, and this time the closure includes the trail. Crews will close the bridge starting at 11 p.m. tonight (Dec. 1) and will reopen it 5 a.m. Monday (Dec. 4). The map shows that the trail will be open on the Eastside up to 92nd Ave NE. The…
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Watch: Best Side Cycling rides the new Rainier Valley Greenway connection to the I-90 Trail
The short but important trail connection between the Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway and the I-90 Trail is open, and Hanoch at Best Side Cycling took it for a test ride. As we noted in July, this short little trail at the end of 28th Ave S has been a long time coming. It never should…
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Alert now-Spring 2024: I-90 Trail detour in Factoria
Well, I hope you enjoyed that new section of the I-90 Trail in Factoria, because a section of it will be detoured to the other side of SE 36th Street until Spring 2024. As part of work on the really cool I-90 Sunset Creek Fish Passage project, crews will be detouring the I-90 Trail between…
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After 6 years of red tape, SDOT is linking the Rainier Valley Greenway to the I-90 Trail
The Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway opened in 2017 with a key piece missing: A connection the final block or so to the I-90 Trail in Sam Smith Park. “One of the coolest ideas in the plan is the new connection to the I-90 Trail,” I wrote in a September 2015 post about the greenway plan.…
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Watch: We know this street design is deadly, so why do we keep building them this way?
Seattle’s recent Vision Zero review noted that 80% of people killed while walking on Seattle streets are killed on streets with multiple lanes in the same direction. So why are we on the verge of opening a brand new streets through Belltown near Pike Place Market with multiple lanes in the same direction? I ride…
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