{"id":2679,"date":"2026-06-04T10:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:41:30","slug":"ped-bridge-over-i-405-in-kirkland-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/?p=2679","title":{"rendered":"Ped Bridge over I-405 in Kirkland Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Updated 6\/12\/2026: Do not detour on NE 85th St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-10.25.20-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-10.25.20-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-10.25.20-AM.png 780w, https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-10.25.20-AM-248x300.png 248w, https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-10.25.20-AM-768x928.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pedestrian bridge at NE 80th St in Kirkland has been closed indefinitely because of recently discovered damage. Four permanents are affected. Rerouting is fairly easy using<s> NE 85th St or<\/s> NE 70th Pl\u2013NE 72nd Pl\u2013NE 68th St. NE 85th St is <em>not<\/em> recommended due to construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Affected permanents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3502 520 Two Lake Loop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3515 A Sandy Arboretum Run<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4078 Snakebit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5151 (ironically) Bridge is Out <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/WADOT\/bulletins\/41a5770\">Statement from WSDOT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Mark Thomas for the tip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Chris Heg for warning against using NE 85th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 6\/12\/2026: Do not detour on NE 85th St. The pedestrian bridge at NE 80th St in Kirkland has been closed indefinitely because of recently discovered damage. Four permanents are affected. Rerouting is fairly easy using NE 85th St or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/?p=2679\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-permanent-change","category-permanents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2679"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2684,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions\/2684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}