Events, construction to plague weekend traffic

Summer events will be the big culprit in causing traffic
headaches over the weekend. From Seafair events and the
city’s largest block party, to fun runs and a triathlon,
you should check your route before you hit the road.

Road closures will also cause delays as you head from one
sun filled-event to the next.

Starting Sunday, July 22 at 10 p.m., til the morning of
Monday, July 23 at 5 a.m. WSDOT will close the southbound
SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct.

Those weekly closures will continue nightly throughout the
following week. Crews will be reinforcing the two-block
section of the viaduct that sits above the route of the
future SR 99 tunnel.

On Monday, July 23, through the morning of Friday, July 27
the southbound SR-99 Alaskan Way Viaduct will be closed
nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Friday, July 20

Bite of Seattle: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Seattle Center
15,000 attending
Expect congestion in the area around the Center.

Capitol Hill Block Party: 3 p.m. – 12
Midnight
General Broadway area between Pike and Pine streets
9,000 expected
Streets closed from 2 a.m. on Friday, July 20 to 5 a.m. on
Monday, July 23: E Pike Street between Broadway and 12th
Avenue; Tenth Avenue and 11th Avenue between E Pine Street
and E Union Street.

Saturday, July 21

Bite of Seattle: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Seattle Center
30,000 attending
Expect heavy traffic on the streets surrounding the
Seattle Center.

Bon Odori Festival: 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Seattle Buddhist Temple (1427 S Main Street)
3,000 expected
Streets closed from 5 p.m. Friday, July 20 to 11:59 p.m.
Sunday, July 22: S Main Street from 14th Avenue S to 16th
Avenue S.

Fat Water Open Water Swim: 7:30 a.m.
Lake Washington between Day Street Boat Launch and Madison
Park Beach
350 participants
Expect congestion in the vicinity of Madison Park beach.

Seafair Triathlon Expo: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Triathlon participants will pick up their race packet
prior to Sunday’s event
1,020 expected
Street closed from 7a.m. to 3 p.m.: Ninth Avenue between
Seneca Street and University Street
Expect congestion in the area.

Capitol Hill Block Party: 1 p.m. – 12
Midnight
General Broadway area between Pike and Pine streets
9,000 expected
Streets closed from 2 a.m. on Friday, July 20 to 5 a.m. on
Monday, July 23: E Pike Street between Broadway and 12th
Avenue; 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue between E Pine Street
and E Union Street.

Float Dodger 5K: 9:45 a.m.
5k run on a portion of the West Seattle Grand Parade prior
to the parade
500 participants
Run route: Starts at California Avenue SW and SW
Charlestown Street; heads south on California to SW
Edmunds Street: makes a u-turn and then moves north on
California to Lander Street; another u-turn and finally
south on California to finish at SW Hanford Street.

West Seattle American Legion Post 160 Grand
Parade: 11 a.m.
California Avenue SW
3,000 expected
Streets closed for staging at 8:30 a.m.: California Avenue
SW between SW Admiral Way and SW Hanford Street.
Parade route: starts at California Avenue SW and SW
Hanford Street; heads on California to SW Edmunds Street.

Expect congestion in the neighborhood.

Refuse to Abuse 5k at Safeco Field: 9 a.m.
Sidewalks adjacent to Safeco Field
1,600
Run route on sidewalks only: Starts at Safeco Field Garage
Plaza on Occidental Avenue S; heads north on the service
road to the east of the garage and stadium to S Royal
Brougham Way; then moves west on Royal Brougham to First
Avenue S; south on First to Edgar Martinez Drive S; east
on Edgar Martinez Drive back into Safeco Field.

Sunday, July 22

Bite of Seattle: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Seattle Center
30,000 attending
Expect congestion on streets surrounding the Seattle
Center.

Bon Odori Festival: 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Seattle Buddhist Temple (1427 S. Main Street)
1,700 expected
Streets closed from 5 p.m. Friday, July 20 through 11:59
p.m. on Sunday, July 22: S Main Street between 14th Avenue
S and 16th Avenue S.

Seafair Triathlon: 6:30 a.m.
First wave of contestants moves out
Seward Park, in Lake Washington, and on surrounding
roadways
2,000 participating
Streets closed from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Lake Washington
Boulevard S will be closed from Seward Park to I-90 from
approximately
I-90 Express Lanes will be closed from 6:30 to 10 a.m.
between Lake Washington Boulevard S and Mercer Island
Bicycle Sunday follows on Lake Washington Boulevard.

Capitol Hill Block Party: 1 to 10 p.m.
General Broadway area between Pike and Pine streets
9,000 expected
Streets closed from 2 a.m. on Friday, July 20 to 5 a.m. on
Monday, July 23: E Pike Street between Broadway and 12th
Avenue; Tenth Avenue and 11th Avenue between E Pine Street
and E Union Street.

Chinatown Seafair Parade: 7 p.m.
International District
9,500 expected
Parade staging at 5 p.m.: S King Street between Eighth
Avenue S and 12th Avenue S, and on 10th Avenue S, between
S Jackson and S Weller Street.
Parade route: Starts at S King Street and Eighth Avenue S;
turns west on King to Fifth Avenue S; moves south on Fifth
to S Weller Street; then goes east on Weller to Eighth
Avenue S; and finally south on Eighth to S Lane Street.

Expect congestion throughout the district.

2012 Swedish SummeRun: 8:15 a.m. start
Gathers at Minor Avenue and Madison Street
4,500 participants
5K route: From Madison and Minor runners move north on
Minor to Seneca Street; east on Seneca to Union Street;
then east on Union to 12th Avenue; north on 12th to Aloha
Street; west on Aloha to 11th Avenue; south on 11th to
Howell Street; east on Howell to 12th; south on 12th to
Union Street; west on Union to Seneca Street; west on
Seneca to Minor Avenue; and south on Minor to finish at
Marion Street.