Crews began pavement breaking today, Thursday, June 14, for the Harbor Ave SW and SW Spokane St Intersection Improvements project. Here's some detour information for people walking and biking.
 

Starting Monday, June 18, crews will close part of the Alki Trail in order to remove sections of the sidewalk and road in preparation for the safety improvement work at the intersection. This phase of work is expected to take 3 weeks (construction dates and duration are subject to change). People walking and biking will be detoured around the work zone as appropriate. The detour routes are:

Eastbound bikes on the Alki Trail

• Continue south, past SW Spokane St, to SW Avalon Way
• Left onto SW Yancy St
• Left onto 28th Ave SW
• Right onto SW Andover St
• Continue east, across Delridge Way SW, and onto the trail

Detour signs will be posted along this route. A temporary crossing will be added for people biking to cross from the Alki Trail to the west side of Harbor Ave SW. Once on Harbor Ave SW, people biking will merge with traffic and continue following the detour to SW Avalon Way. 

Westbound bikes on the Alki Trail

• Detoured south toward 22nd Ave SW
• Right onto SW Andover St
• Left onto 28th Ave SW
• Right onto SW Yancy St
• Right onto SW Avalon Way
• Continue north onto Harbor Ave SW to reconnect with the Alki Trail

Detour signs will be posted at the east end of the trail, directing people biking toward 22nd Ave SW.

People walking eastbound and westbound on the Alki Trail

• A uniformed police officer will direct people walking at the intersection of Harbor Ave SW and SW Spokane St

Please note: Bikes will not be able to access the walking detour route and must follow the signed bike detour route.

Visit the project’s website to learn more; details will be posted there as soon as possible. Interested parties can sign up for the project's email list.