Seattle may not replace aging Magnolia Bridge

[AleeGee]

As a resident of Magnolia I am not happy with this news. Access to Magnolia is already extremely limited. W. Dravus Street is already quite congested at certain times. Community meeting tonight, May 21, at the Magnolia United Church.


May 17, 2018

Seattle's Magnolia Bridge may not be replaced in the future.

According to a Facebook post by the Magnolia Voice, the Seattle Department of Transportation plans to tear down the aging structure but not replace it due to cost.

The plan instead is to install a new traffic light at W. Dravus Street to help keep traffic moving in and out of the neighborhood. END QUOTE

Just tear it down. I looked at photos of the steel supports all rusted and weak, & the first thought I had was ' that bridge is going to collapse'. Don't argue over a new bridge, just get rid of that one.

[SaltyDawg]

As configured, the Magnolia bridge makes zero sense. It's an overbuilt, underused bridge that leads to a low density wealthy enclave - not speaking of Magnolia as a whole, but where the bridge terminates. It's akin to having a 520 exit that leads directly in to Windermere. The dense parts of Magnolia are in the Interbay area and in the North anyway.

They can and should build a much smaller, lower bridge that connects to Thorndyke. Simpler engineering, construction, and maintenance, and would maintain the three access points to the in-city suburb.