Seattle, WA
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE: Another trouble-spot followup; plus, overnight work this week
Two West Seattle Bridge notes:
WESTBOUND TROUBLE SPOT: After one more crash Thursday night time the place the westbound West Seattle Bridge meets the ramp from southbound Freeway 99, we inquired once more with SDOT, which had informed us after the primary 4 crashes that it couldn’t determine any explicit drawback there. Within the meantime, we obtained this dash-cam video immediately from a reader who reported being concerned in Thursday night time collision – you’ll see it about :30 in:
Additionally, in a touch upon final week’s crash report, a reader posted this hyperlink to a compilation of traffic-cam video from the prior latest incidents. Meantime, right here’s the reply despatched by SDOT immediately in response to our Friday inquiry:
We proceed to observe the world after every request. Now we have not discovered any development associated points as we have now not labored there because the opening of the bridge in September. Given the variety of crashes to this point, these autos could possibly be leaving oil and different fluids on the roadway. We’ll take a better have a look at this on nights this week as we will probably be doing work on the West Seattle Bridge. Whereas we do this work we’ll take a better have a look at the difficulty spot once more and can attempt to get a sweeper if accessible, to cross over the world.
(As we have been penning this, an SPD dispatcher informed officers they’d obtained a name a few new drawback at that very same spot, however we watched the dwell video digital camera as SDOT’s management heart scanned the world in search of proof of a crashed or stalled automotive, and none was discovered.)
OVERNIGHT WORK: Concerning the aforementioned work, right here’s that SDOT announcement:
We will probably be conducting in a single day closures of westbound lanes on the West Seattle Bridge Tuesday, November 8 via Thursday, November 10 to finish signal set up and adjustment work.
11:00 p.m. Tuesday – 5:00 a.m. Wednesday: Proper hand lane and off-ramp to Harbor Island closed for westbound vacationers on the Spokane St Viaduct approaching the West Seattle bridge.
11:00 p.m. Wednesday – 5:00 a.m. Thursday: All westbound journey lanes on the Spokane St Viaduct approaching the West Seattle bridge closed. Entry to westbound lanes on the West Seattle Bridge from southbound SR-99 will probably be maintained throughout this era.
11:00 p.m. Thursday – 5:00 a.m. Friday: All westbound journey lanes on the Spokane St Viaduct approaching the West Seattle bridge closed. Entry to westbound lanes on the West Seattle Bridge from southbound SR-99 will probably be maintained throughout this era.
A signed detour route, directing vacationers throughout the Spokane St Swing Bridge (low bridge) will probably be in place in the course of the closure. As soon as work is full, all westbound journey lanes on the bridge will probably be restored.