Tag: montlake
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Trail will remain open during weekend 520 Bridge construction
The trail on the 520 Bridge will remain open this weekend even as all lanes are closed to motor vehicle traffic. That motor vehicle closure is scheduled to extend from 11 p.m. Friday (today) until 5 a.m. Monday. If you’ve never biked across the 520 Bridge when there is no car traffic, I highly recommend…
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Bike Route Alert 6/6: Return of the Montlake Blvd detour
The trail under the 520 Bridge east of Montlake Boulevard will close permanently June 6 as crews begin work on a new biking and walking bridge over the freeway, according to WSDOT. The trail opened in March 2020 and was labeled as a temporary route, but it was very welcome at the time. After crews…
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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 March 5-8. The Washington State Department of Transportation is starting work on installing the Montlake…
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Bike Route Alert 1/27: Awful 2-week sidewalk detour on Montlake Blvd near SR 520 starts Monday
So you finally got used to biking around the SR 520 construction in Montlake, eh? I have bad news. It’s about to get way worse for two weeks. Starting as soon as Monday, people walking and biking on the east sidewalk, the current designated route, will have to cross Montlake Blvd twice to use the…
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520 construction in Montlake will close cross-lake trail Sat and Sun, 24th Ave bridge until late this year
The 520 Bridge replacement project’s final set of projects kicks into high gear this weekend with a set of major closures in Montlake, including the 520 Bridge Trail and the 24th Ave E bridge. To make matters worse, the ramp closures mean no westbound bus access to Montlake. So you might not even able to…
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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, the gloriously wide trail complete with scenic outlooks is just there for Eastside recreation. The…
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