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Going off-grid with Emma Lance 8 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
By Guest Blogger Broch Bender Combine the patience of ice fishing, a passion for puzzles, and a love for I-405 drivers that would make the @WSDOT_Traffic Twitter Fairy giggle, and you’ve got WSDOT Tr...
SR 520 Bridge 50th Birthday 6 Aug 2013 | 03:59 am
August 2013 marks the 50th birthday of the SR 520 floating bridge on Lake Washington. Throughout the month we’re taking a look back at the history of the bridge, as well as the places it connects and ...
High-flying jets of Seafair, mean closures on the ground 31 Jul 2013 | 12:24 am
Even though the Blue Angels are not flying over Seattle this year, there will still be closures of the Interstate 90 floating bridge while the Patriots Jet Team takes to the skies. Similar to when th...
Added visibility comes to Olive Way crosswalk 23 Jul 2013 | 03:11 am
By guest blogger Mike Allende People walking up and down the hill on Olive Way between Capitol Hill and downtown Seattle – and that’s a lot of you – know that crossing in front of the on-ramp to nort...
New way to get real-time information about highways into your inbox 18 Jul 2013 | 11:17 pm
By guest blogger Claudia Bingham Baker We are pleased to expand its service for receiving real-time and pre-planned information on highways in Olympic and Southwest Regions. We invite you to visit ou...
Bertha’s Big Day: Your chance to visit the leading lady July 20 13 Jul 2013 | 12:33 am
by guest blogger Natalie Graves The SR 99 Tunneling Machine (Bertha) in the launch pit. The power is on, the cutterhead is hooked up and two miles of Seattle soil await the teeth of Bertha, the wor...
More tools, more ways to plan your trip over Snoqualmie Pass 10 Jul 2013 | 11:10 pm
By guest blogger Meagan McFadden More communication tools on the road means you will have an easier time planning your trip on Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass. We have been adding features and imp...
SR 520 and Tacoma Narrows bridges: Busting the myths behind the toll rate increases 21 Jun 2013 | 02:10 am
By guest blogger Emily Pace Glad You may have heard that tolls increase July 1 for both the SR 520 and Tacoma Narrows bridges. When people hear tolls are increasing, some people assume we’re raising ...
“T ’was the day of the closure and all through Vancouver…” 8 Jun 2013 | 12:33 am
There’s a lot of hubbub surrounding the I-5 closure in Vancouver this weekend. Crews will close all lanes of I-5 in Salmon Creek at 11 p.m. Friday, June 7. The interstate will reopen to traffic by 5 a...
“T ’was the day of the closure and all through Vancouver…” 8 Jun 2013 | 12:33 am
There’s a lot of hubbub surrounding the I-5 closure in Vancouver this weekend. Crews will close all lanes of I-5 in Salmon Creek at 11 p.m. Friday, June 7. The interstate will reopen to traffic by 5 a...
