Did you know that all summer there’s been an artist up there in the Fremont Bridge towers with Rapunzel? Artist Kristen Ramirez has been using a tower as a studio, spending time with bridge operators and neighbors, and working on an artistic response to the bridge. The project, part of… [ Keep reading ]
This Monday crews start the work to completely reconstruct Fourth Avenue from South Jackson Street to Olive Way. Some of the concrete panels along the roadway are up to 60 years old -even though the common life span of these panels is 40 years. Phase one of the project, from… [ Keep reading ]
Troy R. Miles is designing images to be placed on signal boxes in the Central District. Come meet Troy and share your ideas of the kind of images you think represent the Central District. When: Wednesday, September 23 Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Where: Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, West… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan got a lot of attention when it was completed in 2006. It’s an ambitious plan with a goal of installing 450 miles of on and off-street bike facilities in ten years. In the three years since it was released, SDOT engineers and crews have been systematically… [ Keep reading ]
Getting around in Seattle involves more than streets and bridges. Here at SDOT we also tend to 491 outdoor public sidewalks that scale steep hillsides where streets don’t cut through. Last week the department’s Bridge and Roadway Structures crews improved one of these public stairways in West Seattle connecting Admiral… [ Keep reading ]
The complete reconstruction of First Avenue South between Stacy and Horton Streets is nearly done! Crews finished paving over the weekend and this week finished striping all five travel lanes. Crosswalks and arrows will require an occasional single lane closure, but otherwise the project is expected to wrap up by… [ Keep reading ]
Note: This post has been updated with a clearer picture of the green bike lane. When you’re in the neighborhood, watch for a recently completed pedestrian and bicycle project at Boylston Ave. E. and E. Newton St. in the Eastlake area. The improvements make it easier and safer for people… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT just wrapped up pedestrian improvements making it easier to walk to Powell Barnett Park on Martin Luther King Jr Way. We’ve done this partly by splitting the crossing of MLK Jr Way into two steps. The improvements include 1) a raised crosswalk at E Alder Street to reduce vehicle… [ Keep reading ]
First of all we’d like to thank the people who took time to provide us with input on bicycle and truck improvements we were considering for the south end of the Ballard Bridge. We received 37 comments–a record for our young blog. After considering the comments and meeting with a small group… [ Keep reading ]
This month several downtown paving projects wrap up, including the two projects that rebuild Second Avenue all the way from Denny to Jackson. Along Second from Pike to Denny, crews have completed all concrete lanes, intersection reconstructions, and grinding of old asphalt, all while maintaining traffic access. Continuing to work… [ Keep reading ]
