August 12

Lanes closed Sunday for Aurora Bridge work

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If you’re planning on going to downtown Seattle the next four Sundays, 99-S may not be the way to go.

WSDOT sent us this today:

Crews working for WSDOT will close two of three southbound lanes on State Route 99 across the Aurora Bridge and the southbound Fremont Way N. on-ramp from 6 a.m. to midnight on Sunday.

The work is part of the installation of a fence to deter suicides on the historic landmark. This is the first of four consecutive Sunday closures needed to remove and replace more than 1000 rivets and bolt. Drivers can expect additional Sunday closures across the bridge on Aug. 22 (northbound), Aug. 29 (half day each northbound and southbound), and Sept. 5 (northbound).

Four straight Sunday closures are critical to completing the fence project by the end of the year. Crews will use a tool called the Rivet Buster to do the job. The Rivet Buster is the fastest, safest and cleanest tool for the job, but it is also extremely noisy and can’t be used at night. WSDOT engineers looked at weekday and weekend traffic volumes and determined that four 16-hour Sunday closures would allow crews to get the work done with the lowest overall noise and traffic effects.

We wrote about the Rivet Buster a few weeks ago.

So it looks like I-5 will be the way to go downtown, and WSDOT will run the I-5 express lanes in the southbound direction this Sunday.

WSDOT encourages carpooling, public transportation, biking and walking as alternatives to using your car on these installation days.

Travelers can check SR 99 traffic conditions on the Seattle Department of Transportation website.


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