The contractor working for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to widen the Spokane Street Viaduct will do overnight work every night except for Sunday night, between September 7 and September 17, positioning cranes and installing girders. The work requires the complete closure of Fourth Avenue South between eastbound Spokane… [ Keep reading ]
The NE 45th Viaduct, which closed on June 14th to replace the west approach of the bridge structure, is on target to make the September 10 completion deadline, with great progress to note. The Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) wall structure was completed on August 9th; the new cement concrete roadway surface that… [ Keep reading ]
When you are on a bike at a traffic signal, look for the T. When you put your front wheel over it, it tells the signal you are there, the same way that a car driving over the signal detection loops tells the signal they are there. It doesn’t mean… [ Keep reading ]
Airport Way Phase II just started August 9th and crews are already set to finish the concrete pour from Royal Brougham to S Plummer. This weekend the southbound lanes get poured (last weekend crews poured the northbound lanes). On Saturday, August 21st at 7:00 a.m. the work begins and crews will work around-the-clock (FYI, nosiest… [ Keep reading ]
When the Virginia Street paving project wraps up it will mark the completion of paving in the north end of Downtown that has been ongoing on 2nd, 4th, 5th, Stewart, Olive, Pike and 3rd for the better part of three years! After seven months, the last segment of the Virginia… [ Keep reading ]
Expected to start August 2nd is Phase II of the Airport Way paving project, making the stretch between Royal Brougham and Dearborn just as gorgeous as the newly completed section from South Spokane Street to South Dearborn. There’s a new green twist, however. Phase II is breaking ground into new… [ Keep reading ]
Next Monday three of five SDOT Arterial Spot Rehabilitation projects kick off, adding to an already full paving docket. The very bumpy and cracked 10th Avenue E, from E Boston Street to E Miller Street, is one of the projects starting July 26th. It will get fully reconstructed, including sidewalk and driveway… [ Keep reading ]
With just some “punch list” (industry talk for tieing up loose ends) items left, the improvements to 5th Avenue NE in Northgate – Phase II – are complete! Phase I, completed in 2007, improved three blocks of 5th Ave NE abutting Northgate Mall. Now 5th Avenue is pretty on both… [ Keep reading ]
On July 16th, two eastbound lanes of lower Spokane Street will re-open between East Marginal Way S and Fourth Avenue S, with one lane continuing to Sixth Avenue. The change means drivers on lower Spokane, who were restricted to East Marginal Way S for south-bound travel, will be able to… [ Keep reading ]
Attend a FREE Bicycle Commuting Workshop! Please join us and tell your friends, SDOT, in partnership with Cascade Bicycle Club (CBC), is offering a FREE bicycle workshop to encourage new bicycle ridership during and after the NE 45th Street viaduct closure. In addition, if you or someone you know who… [ Keep reading ]
