Stalled semitruck cleared after blocking Hood Canal Bridge for more than an hour
Aug 6, 2026, 5:22 PM | Updated: 5:23 pm
Traffic is backed up near the Hood Canal Bridge. (Photo courtesy of WSDOT)
(Photo courtesy of WSDOT)
A stalled semitruck was blocking the entrance to the Hood Canal Bridge.
The truck was cleared after being stalled for more than an hour, KIRO Newsradio confirmed.
TRAFFIC ALERT – HOOD CANAL BRIDGE: We are over an hour with a stalled semi EB 104 just before the bridge deck. It is blocking the only EB lane. EB 104 has a 5-mile back up. WB 104 has a 2-3 mile back up into Port Gamble. NB 3 has a 5-mile back up. Within the past 5-minutes… pic.twitter.com/pAZf0pjpAi
— KIRO Newsradio Traffic (@KIROTraffic) August 6, 2026
The vehicle was sitting on eastbound SR 104 just before the bridge deck and was blocking the only eastbound lane.
Westbound SR 104 had a 2- to 3-mile backup into Port Gamble. Northbound SR 3 was seeing a 5-mile backup.
WSDOT was alternating traffic at the east end of the Hood Canal Bridge.
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