Wednesday morning commute into Seattle wasn’t pleasant

The weather during Wednesday morning’s commute was nice, but the drive was far from pleasant for some.

Scratch my other tweet – Pack your shades & rain jacket, JIC. Let’s have a commute as pleasing as sunny spring day! pic.twitter.com/XWAJmNc7Az

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) June 15, 2016

Things quickly went from normal backups to frustratingly-long backups for some drivers, especially those heading north.

An “incident” blocked the 4th Avenue ramp from I-90 to northbound I-5.

Blocking incident on 4th Ave ramp to NB 5 is clearing. Good amount of backup but ramp is open/starting to clear up. pic.twitter.com/n4y31bvB3u

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) June 15, 2016

That cleared, but it wasn’t long before a crash blocked the left lane of the southbound I-5 express lanes.

IRT leading crash scene out of the way on SB 5 Express Lanes. Remember if you can steer you can clear. pic.twitter.com/WI6z5i8DX9

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) June 15, 2016

Meanwhile, over on the Eastside, first responders were dealing with a crash slowing the commute for drivers trying to go southbound I-405 to westbound I-90.

Trying to go SB 405 to WB 90? There will be a backup as this crash scene is blocking the HOV ramp for that merge. pic.twitter.com/2gAKVIwEPs

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) June 15, 2016

The icing on the cake: a crash that blocked all of northbound State Route 99, near South Park.

Fire has rolled up to a crash on NB 99 that’s blocking the right lane and most of the ramp from S Cloverdale St. pic.twitter.com/5x0GkoGMoA

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) June 15, 2016

By the time crews cleared everything, drivers had already dealt with significant delays. And, unfortunately for northbound drivers, those delays were much worse.

Is this why I have been on freeway for 1.5 hours? https://t.co/0ArOXznfFm

— Gee Scott 710ESPN (@TheGeeScott) June 15, 2016

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