Tag: green river trail

April 2, 2024

Alert 4/8–Summer: Green River Trail construction west of the Tukwila Urban Center Bridge

A 700-foot section of the Green River Trail is getting repaved and upgraded in Tukwila and will be closed April 8 until summer. The official detour is a bit confusing, routing people onto very busy roads that have no bike lanes and are significantly out of the way. However, there are also parking lots that…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, green river trail, tukwila
July 20, 2020

Trail Alert: Green River Trail closed at Tukwila Intl Blvd until December

The Green River Trail is closed on the south side of the Duwamish River between Tuwila International Boulevard and E Marginal Way S until November 30. The City of Tukwila is working to daylight Riverton Creek, “which has been flowing through a pipe for roughly 50 years,” according to Tukwila. The detour follows S 112th…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, green river trail, tukwila
June 5, 2015

County will close Green River Trail in sections this summer

In the past decade, the Green River Trail has been closed as often as it has been open. And just when you thought it might finally be fully open, King County has announced another series of closures through the end of the year and maybe even continuing into 2016. The trail provides crews access to…
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tagged: green river trail, king county
January 6, 2015

Biking Bis: Whitehorse Trail repairs delayed a year + Green River Trail should open by end of month

Work to repair the Whitehorse Trail, which was damaged in the devastating 2013 Oso Landslide, has been delayed a year, the Everett Herald reports. Officials originally planned to repair the trail over the summer, but now they plan to do planning and permitting work this year to get ready for a 2016 repair. From the…
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tagged: green river trail, kent, oso, whitehorse trail
July 7, 2014

Mural painting starts in Burke-Gilman tunnel, Green River Trail bridge will be repaired

King County Parks has two trail notices in the area this month, one on the Burke-Gilman and one on the Green River Trail. First, artists and volunteers began painting a mural in the Wayne Tunnel of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Bothell Monday. Work will continue until July 18. The trail will not be closed, but…
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tagged: bothell, burke-gilman trail, green river trail, king county parks, wayne tunnel
June 30, 2014

South Park Bridge is now open, bike lanes ‘protected’ for a week

The rebuilt South Park Bridge is now open, improving access to the neighborhood and creating a link in what could someday be a very bikeable place to live, work and play. For at least the first week, cones will guide motor vehicle traffic into one lane in each direction, providing a rather luxurious buffer area…
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tagged: green river trail, king county, s portland st, sdot, south park, south park bridge