Enjoy the Holidays
November 22, 2012
Come celebrate Spokane Street Viaduct completion!
November 15, 2012
Some three and a half years in construction, the Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project is now complete! At a celebration tomorrow Mayor Mike McGinn will be joined at a ribbon-cutting event by Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen and many other leaders representing the state, area businesses and community organizations. Spokane Street Viaduct… [ Keep reading ]
Large NSF makes Big safety improvements!
October 25, 2012
One of the many projects funded by SDOT’s Large Neighborhood Street Fund is wrapping up in the Eastlake neighborhood – leaving a much safer intersection in its wake! The project is the Fairview Avenue East and Fairview Avenue North Intersection Redesign – more simply and lovingly referred to as the “Fairview Project.” … [ Keep reading ]
Northgate Way Project to finish paving before Turkey Day!
October 14, 2012
The NE Northgate Way & Fifth Avenue NE Intersection and Pedestrian Improvements project is on schedule to finish all the paving and landscape elements prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. This includes all the roadway paving; new curbs and sidewalks; the median west of Fifth Avenue NE; street trees; and landscaping. The project… [ Keep reading ]
Diver Down!
October 9, 2012
The Ballard Bridge Seismic Retrofit project reached a major milestone this month with the start of work in the water. Although the contractor began construction in July, until now it’s all been on land or over the water rather than in Lake Washington Ship Canal itself. Portions of the Ballard Bridge structure, namely… [ Keep reading ]
Delridge Open House Tuesday, October 2 – See you there!
September 28, 2012
In a project beginning January 2013, Delridge Way SW between SW Orchard and SW Henderson streets will be substantially rebuilt – with a new stormwater facilities below the roadway, upgraded curb ramps and more. Plus, if funds can be stretched that far, crews may also repave Delridge Way SW and 16th Avenue SW,… [ Keep reading ]
Neighborhood Street Fund Improves East/West Connection
September 20, 2012
Thanks to community members and the City’s Neighborhood Street Fund Program a key east/west connection is safer and better serves all travel modes. Along Othello and Myrtle, between Seward Park and Beacon Avenue S, gravel shoulders had cyclists risking a slide into vehicles and vehicles were left scrambling for better driveway… [ Keep reading ]
Spokane Street Viaduct Project Nearing Completion
September 13, 2012
After some three years of construction, the Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project is nearing completion. The long-awaited westbound consolidated on/off-ramp at First Avenue S opened to traffic on August 31 (see photo below), ending the need for those traveling from SODO to West Seattle to detour over the surface Spokane… [ Keep reading ]
Japanese contingent visits Linden Avenue North Project
August 30, 2012
A retired construction management consultant from Tokyo, Hideki Nakamura, recently led five members of the JOYO Construction Engineering in Japan on a tour of SDOT’s Linden Avenue North Complete Street Project, alongside SDOT Project Manager Therese’ Casper. The group traveled from Ibaraki, Japan to learn more about civil engineering practices in the… [ Keep reading ]
Two-Way Mercer Street Coming Soon!
August 16, 2012
As neighbors in the South Lake Union community know well, the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Mercer Corridor Project has been under major construction since mid-2010. On August 27, following a full weekend closure of the I-5 on- and off-ramps at Mercer Street, this major roadway improvement project will reach a… [ Keep reading ]