The bus stop on the south side of Northwest Market Street between 24th Avenue Northwest and 22nd Avenue Northwest was removed for cleaning Aug. 12.

Crews dismantled the two purple structures panel by panel in order to clean and paint them to make them "look like new," a crew member said.

Some of the panels had been defaced by graffiti.

The large crane the crew was using caused the closure of the right, eastbound lane in front of the bus stop for a few hours during the afternoon.

The Ballard News-Tribune is waiting for a call from Metro to see when the bus stop will be reassembled.