Seattle, WA
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE: First post-reopening traffic stats; nighttime lane closures
Two West Seattle Bridge post-reopening notes tonight:
TRAFFIC STATS: Whereas talking with the West Seattle Transportation Coalition at tonight’s WSTC assembly, new SDOT director Greg Spotts shared a number of site visitors stats from the primary few post-reopening days. He mentioned the bridge site visitors on Monday and Tuesday was 66 % of comparable pre-closure days. Low-bridge volumes are down by half. Detour-route site visitors is down 30 to 50 %. However another streets have seen a rise, Spotts mentioned, corresponding to thirty fifth SW – at thirty fifth/Raymond, site visitors rose 12 %.
NIGHTTIME LANE CLOSURES: SDOT had mentioned there’d nonetheless be some work happening post-reopening, and the previous few nights, there’s been work that led to lane closures on the bridge. Joseph despatched this pic whereas noting the within lane was closed every method.
We requested what particularly is being accomplished. Right here’s the reply from SDOT spokesperson Ethan Bergerson:
These nighttime single-lane closures are to permit crews to complete putting in lighting for the inspection platforms contained in the bridge. We received’t be doing any extra closures this week, and anticipate to carry out some related in a single day work subsequent week.
As soon as we’ve accomplished putting in the lighting, we’ll use these new inspection platforms for monitoring the construction over the approaching months and years. Most routine inspections won’t require a lane closure.
