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Tag Archives: 520 trail
Trail Alert: 520 underpass in Montlake closed for two more weekends UPDATED
UPDATE: the closure planned for February 5-8 is no longer happening due to a change in work. The highway will be closed but the pedestrian and bike trail will remain open. The next trail closures are February 26-March 1 and … Continue reading
Bike Route Alert 9/11-14: 520 Bridge closed, including the trail
The 520 Bridge will be closed 11 p.m. September 11 until 5 a.m. September 14 for a series of major construction projects. These closures include the trail over the lake. The trail under the bridge on the Montlake side connecting … Continue reading
Redmond is building a 520 Trail tunnel under NE 40th St, route detoured until 2021
Redmond is constructing an underpass for the 520 Trail at NE 40th Street, so the trail route will be detoured through May 2021. The closure started this week. Users are directed to side streets near the Microsoft and Nintendo campuses … Continue reading
A look at the latest plans for connecting the 520 Trail to Capitol Hill, Eastlake
In our post about the planned Eastlake Ave bike lanes, we mentioned that the bike route there would be part of a regional network once the 520 Trail reaches across I-5. It might be hard to imagine what that connection … Continue reading
Trail Alert 10/12-13: State will replace bumpy 520 Bridge Trail covers
It’s happening! WSDOT is going to replace all those abruptly bumpy expansion gap covers on the 520 floating bridge trail this weekend. Of course, replacing the covers means crews need to close the trail for the weekend starting 11 p.m. … Continue reading
As a birthday present to yours truly, WSDOT will fix 520 Bridge Trail bumps
In what is obviously a birthday present to yours truly, WSDOT announced today that they will fix every bumpy expansion gap plate on the 520 Bridge Trail. We first reported about the bumpy plates back in 2016 before the trail … Continue reading
WSDOT is testing out a less bumpy gap cover on the 520 Bridge trail
The trail on the 520 Bridge is amazing, except for one annoying and possibly dangerous detail: The metal plates that cover the floating bridge’s expansion gaps are jarringly bumpy. It’s a frustrating detail in what is otherwise a wonderful experience … Continue reading
Do you travel to or from the Eastside? You gotta give biking the 520 Bridge a try
Biking across the 520 Bridge during a sunny evening commute this week, I was floored by the sheer number of people biking across Lake Washington. I knew demand for a biking connection on this bridge was going to be big, … Continue reading
Aviva Stephens: Pedaling my way to the 520 Bridge
EDITOR’S NOTE: Aviva Stephens is a Seattle native and financial professional who discovered the benefits and joys of cycling on her challenging work commute between Ballard and the Eastside. Find more of her writing on Medium and follow her on … Continue reading
The new 520 Bridge Trail brings our region closer together
The trail across the new 520 Bridge opened just before Christmas, opening new possibilities for biking in the region. For example, a trip from downtown Kirkland to UW Station has been cut in half, and you can make it most … Continue reading
520 Trail opens today + Where to go for the opening celebration
Today’s the day! Starting at 3 p.m., you will finally be able to bike across the 520 Bridge whenever you want. To celebrate, Cascade Bicycle Club is hosting free group rides from both the Seattle and Bellevue sides of the … Continue reading
520 Bridge Trail will finally open December 20
Well, WSDOT has said all along that the 520 Bridge Trail will open in Fall 2017, and it technically will. The region’s most significant new biking and walking connection in decades will open December 20 at 3 p.m., 17 hours … Continue reading
520 Bridge Trail on for autumn opening + WSDOT will not fix jarring expansion plates
A trail over the 520 Bridge will revolutionize biking in the region. Bicycle travel times between many parts of Seattle and major Eastside communities will be slashed. Biking from UW to downtown Kirkland, for example, will be cut in half. Instead … Continue reading
520 Trail gets so close, yet so far
Medina just got an awesome new park. You can now walk or bike 1.3 miles from Evergreen Point out into the middle of Lake Washington on a floating bridge, bringing you tantalizingly within reach of Seattle. But for another year, … Continue reading
Ahead of public hearing, a couple ways to make the 520 Bridge plans better
In case you haven’t noticed, the state is building a new 520 Bridge. And as we noted back in February, the biking and walking elements of their Seattle-side plans have come a long way since the initial drafts. But there’s … Continue reading
Bellevue installs its first bike counters + First look at the data
The City of Bellevue and WSDOT have installed the city’s first ever electronic bike counters to track hour-by-hour usage of the I-90 and 520 Trails. As we’ve seen with Seattle’s counters (the oldest being the Fremont Bridge counter), having daily … Continue reading
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