TRAFFIC, TRANSIT, WEATHER: Summer Fest Eve Thursday, with closures and reroutes

6:03 AM: Good morning. Welcome to West Seattle Summer Fest Eve Thursday, July 13th.

WEATHER & SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES

Morning clouds expected, then clearing, high in the 70s. Today’s sunrise was at 5:25 am; sunset will be at 9:05 pm.

WEST SEATTLE SUMMER FEST EVE

In The Junction, the festival starts Friday, but street closures start today – California north of Oregon this morning, south of Oregon to Edmunds, plus Alaska between 42nd and 44th, starting around 4 pm. You’re invited to come walk in the streets during the West Seattle Art Walk and Summer Fest Eve activities tonight (see our previews here and here). Metro bus reroutes start this morning – find them route by route here.

ROAD WORK ALERT

Thursday and Friday in the Highland Park Way/Holden vicinity, work intensifies for the permanent signal:

Construction will take place on SW Holden St, just west of Highland Park Way SW between 7:00 am and 3:30pm each day. There will not be any full street or intersection closures. Workers will only be doing construction in one part of the road at a time, and while work is occurring people will be directed to drive on the other side of the road. At some times, this may require a single lane alternating between two directions with flaggers to help safely direct traffic.

TRANSIT TODAY

Metro – As mentioned above, Summer Fest reroutes in The Junction start today – see the info here.

Water Taxi – Regular schedule. The shuttle’s affected by Junction reroutes too.

Washington State Ferries – 2-boat schedule for Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth. See Vessel Watch for boats’ locations.

SPOTLIGHT TRAFFIC CAMERAS

Delridge cameras: Besides the one below (Delridge/Henderson), cameras are also up at Delridge/Genesee, Delridge/Juneau, Delridge/Orchard, and Delridge/Oregon.

High Bridge – the main camera:

High Bridge – the view from its southwest end (when SDOT points the 35th/Avalon/Fauntleroy camera that way):

Low Bridge – east-end vicinity:

1st Ave. S. Bridge – alternate route across the river:

Highway 99: – northbound side at Lander.

MORE TRAFFIC CAMS: See all working traffic cams citywide here, most with video options; West Seattle and vicinity-relevant cameras are on this WSB page.

BRIDGE INFO: The @SDOTBridges Twitter feed shows whether the city’s movable bridges are opening for vessel traffic.

If you see trouble on the bridges/streets/paths/bay, please text or call us (when you can do it safely, and after you’ve reported to authorities). Thank you!

Al King July 13, 2023 (6:46 am)

Just saw on the news that there will be emergency expansion joint repairs on southbound I5 starting at Spokane street. Closure starts at 7:30. Expect backups going east on upper and lower Spokane street.

Brian July 13, 2023 (10:41 am)

Oof yeah that slowed things down quite a bit.

anonyme July 13, 2023 (8:54 am)

Where will the farmer’s market be located?

WSB July 13, 2023 (9:14 am)

North of Oregon like last year – the music stage is broken down after Saturday night.

Jon Wright July 13, 2023 (10:02 am)

Definitely confusion at the Alaska Junction transit center this morning. People waiting for the C downtown in the usual spot but it was rerouting east of California. While the reroute is in effect the closest downtown stop to the transit center is south side of Alaska just east of 42nd.

Duwamesque July 13, 2023 (12:40 pm)

Second this. Total confusion. Reroute info buried on Metro’s website and not very accessible. A simple reroute sign would’ve been helpful.

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