Here in Seattle, winter weather can be like the roll of the dice – we never know what we’ll get – heavy snowfall and/or no snow accumulation at all. For that reason, we may use trucks for paving streets one day and deicing the next. Any greater investment in snow… [ Keep reading ]
In SDOT’s ongoing effort to install new bicycle routes via the Bicycle Master Plan, we are always looking to improve existing facilities. Dexter Avenue is one of Seattle’s busiest bike routes and the segment from Denny Way to Mercer Street fit into SDOT’s criteria for adding buffers to the bike lanes. With the additional 2… [ Keep reading ]
Community members were dismayed when trees they had planted in 2010 were vandalized, but grateful when the trees were replaced one week later. On Thursday November 17, SDOT Urban Forestry staff teamed up with students from Ingraham High School to replace the trees, on NW 65th Street between 11th… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT received a $5M Urban Corridor Program grant from the State Transportation Improvement Board. The grant will fund improvements to 5th Avenue North between Thomas and Roy Streets. The Fifth Avenue North improvements, part of the Mercer West project, will reconstruct and reconfigure intersections and modify signals on Fifth Avenue North at Roy, Mercer,… [ Keep reading ]
The Airport Way South Viaduct was built in 1928 to provide grade separation between Airport Way South and the Union Pacific, Northern Pacific and Seattle to Tacoma Interurban railroad tracks. The structure, which was built and financed by the railroad companies, was later transferred to the city. Airport Way… [ Keep reading ]
Sure it’s wetter, colder and darker this time of year, but we hope these nuggets of info help inspire you to keep peddling through the winter. Bike right. Winter biking requires some common sense: slow down, brake earlier than usual and make wider turns. Read more here. There’s no such… [ Keep reading ]
The Ballard Bridge was built in 1917, shortly after the Locks were built. It is located at the west end of the Lake Washington Ship Canal at Salmon Bay and has a length of 2,854 feet. The bridge was designed by A.H. Dimock and is on the U.S. National Register… [ Keep reading ]
SDOT offices will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 24th and Friday, November 25th. We’ll be back in the office on Monday. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
We want all members of our community to have access to all the opportunities Seattle has to offer: schools, jobs, recreation, healthy food and more. To that end, the City is working to make a more equitable community and end race-based disparities in City government. Gone are the days when… [ Keep reading ]
This past week we’ve been seeing headlines in the local media about the arrival of heavy rains, windstorms and even snow. Just in time, SDOT’s annual Winter Weather brochures are also arriving! Every year the department prints thousands of brochures which are delivered to Seattle’s elementary schools for the children… [ Keep reading ]
