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Seattle's northbound I-5 faces full closure this weekend for infrastructure repairs, with heavy traffic expected from Friday night to Monday morning.
Worker foot traffic in downtown Seattle continues to show signs of improving, more than five years after the start of the pandemic, according to the latest figures released this week by the Downtown Seattle Association.
It took upward of 80 minutes to go south from Lynnwood to Seattle via Interstate 5 on Monday morning, according to real-time traffic estimates.
A crash is blocking the HOV and left lane of I-5 south in Seattle because of a crash. The Washington State Department of Transportation says it happened at Dearborn Street around 11:30 a.m. Traffic is currently getting by in the right lane. Drivers can also use the SB I-5/I-90 collector/distributor.
If you have to head south any time soon, you'll want to avoid southbound Highway 509. It's blocked a mile or so south of Cloverdale because of a crash involving drivers described as a suspect and victim in a West Seattle incident - the victim was said to be following the suspect after some kind of incident,
Motorcyclist critically injured in a collision with an impaired SUV driver in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood.
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Motorcyclist critically injured in crash; driver with active warrant arrested for vehicular assault
Detectives say an investigation revealed a red Ford was traveling westbound on North 85th Street when it attempted a U-turn to head eastbound. As the SUV turned, the motorcyclist, who was traveling behind the SUV, changed lanes to pass and collided with the car.
The shutdown is the latest in a series of large-scale highway construction projects across the region this summer. Have western Washington commuters taken the hint?