press release:
For one week, beginning Monday, February 13th and continuing through Friday, February 17th from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Northbound SW Avalon Way will be restricted by uniformed police officers at SW Spokane Street and the following detour will be in place:

Northbound motorist traveling on SW Avalon Way will be detoured to eastbound SW Spokane Street. They will then be directed to perform a u-turn at 26th Avenue SW onto westbound SW Spokane Street and then north on Harbor Avenue SW.

Northbound trucks and Metro buses traveling on SW Avalon Way will be flagged through the work zone. During these times southbound Harbor Avenue SW will experience short delays at SW Spokane Street.
The SW Spokane Street on-ramp to the West Seattle Bridge will remain open.

Fauntleroy Expressway Nighttime Closures

Crews continue a series of nighttime closures to the Fauntleroy Expressway. These closures are being made to accommodate work that will strengthen and seismically retrofit the structure to better withstand an earthquake. Closures began the week of December 12th 2011 and will continue regularly until the project’s completion in June 2012. Future closures may also occur on weekends though none are scheduled at this time.

Closures will begin at 9:00 p.m. and reopen the next morning at 5:00 a.m. and are planned for the following evenings:

Monday, February 6th through the early morning of Saturday, February 11th
Monday February 13th through the early morning of Saturday, February 18th
Monday February 20th through the early morning of Saturday, February 25th
During these evening closures the following detours will be in effect:

Westbound motorists traveling to West Seattle via the West Seattle Bridge will be directed to use the Delridge Way Southwest off-ramp.

Eastbound motorists on Fauntleroy Way Southwest will be detoured at Southwest Avalon Way and will be directed to the SW Spokane Street entrance to the West Seattle Bridge under the Fauntleroy Expressway.

For information on changes to bus service, look for Rider Alert notices at bus stops, visit Metro Online at www.kingcounty.gov/metro, or call Metro Customer Information at (206) 553-3000.

In addition to the nighttime and weekend project activity, work will continue on weekdays under the Expressway installing steel jackets around the columns. Expect occasional short-term lane restrictions to both east- and westbound traffic on Southwest Spokane Street.

To see a larger version of the work area and detours click on the link above.