Tag: bellevue

April 29, 2021

Following Healthy Street success, Bellevue will trial its first neighborhood greenway this summer

Bellevue is getting ready to rollout its first take at a neighborhood greenway this summer, a north-south route running along side streets to the east of 164th Ave NE between Nothrup Way and SE 14th St, where it will meet up with the Lake to Lake Trail. The 2-mile project is very low-cost, coming in…
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tagged: bellevue, neighborhood greenways
April 19, 2021

In May, the EasTrail will replace the Lake Washington Loop Trail near Coal Creek + Full closure May 4-5

2.5 miles of the Eastrail will be fully paved and opened next month between Ripley Lane N in Renton and Coal Creek Pkwy in Bellevue. Sections of the EasTrail route between Gene Coulon Park and Coal Creek Pkwy have been opened on and off in recent years as King County works to transform the old…
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tagged: bellevue, coal creek parkway, eastrail, i-405, king county parks, renton, wsdot
April 1, 2021

Biking the new I-90 Trail tunnel and flyover in Factoria

The I-90 trail just got a major upgrade in Factoria. A new bike trail tunnel and flyover opened Wednesday allowing trail users to bypass the busy intersection with Factoria Blvd and the I-90 off-ramp entirely. It also saves users some elevation change. I biked out there to try it out Wednesday, and it’s fantastic. Not…
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tagged: bellevue, factoria, I-90 trail
May 13, 2020

Bellevue has launched its own car-light ‘Healthy Streets’ program

Seattle has been making headlines nationally for announcing that the city would make its Stay Healthy Streets program permanent, so you may have missed that Bellevue has started its own people-first street program it’s calling simply “Healthy Streets.” The Eastside city rolled out two of these temporary projects last week in the Northeast/Crossroads/Lake Hills area.…
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tagged: bellevue, bellevue healthy streets, covid-19
April 7, 2020

Improved I-90 Trail connection in Factoria still aiming for a late 2020 opening

Work is still continuing on an improved I-90/Mountains to Sound Trail connection over Factoria Blvd SE in Bellevue. The project broke ground in the fall and is still aiming for completion in late 2020, according to project manager Chris Masek. Previously, the trail dumped users onto the sidewalk at the southwest corner of the intersection…
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tagged: bellevue, bellevue gap, I-90 trail
March 24, 2020

Person driving struck and killed a 63-year-old Newcastle man biking in Bellevue Sunday

A man turning left from Northrup Way onto NE 8th Street struck and killed a 63-year-old man from Newcastle who was riding his bike just west of Lake Sammamish Sunday afternoon. Though the collision is still under investigation, the City of Bellevue said in a statement that the 44-year-old person driving turned in front of…
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tagged: bellevue, deaths