Interbay Trail rebuild and detour

[Bill Gobie]

The Port is rebuilding the Interbay Trail to remove the skinny bridge and the at-grade rail crossing. Unfortunately we have to put up with a ridiculous detour for the month. 

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/08/25/alert-9-2-10-2-terminal-91-path-closed-in-interbay-to-remove-that-odd-bridge-thing-detour-uses-skinny-magnolia-bridge-sidewalk/

Bill

[Bradley Hawkins]

So glad to hear about this renovation!

To be fair, that wheelchair/bike access ramp to get on the Galer bridge is super fun but comes at the cost of riding on the Garfield/Magnolia Bridge. I was once stopped by a cop on the Garfield bridge for riding 18 in a 30. No ticket. 

Thanks, Bill!

Bradley Hawkins
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[Bill Gobie]

Seems like the Port could have created a path alongside the chainlink fence alongside the trail to the gate at the north end of the parking lot. 

The Port has prevented public debate by waiting until a week before the project starts.

Bill

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM jan acuff <jacu...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Not a great alt route. I'd almost rather ride the sidewalk along 15the ave.  Too bad they can't let riders through under the bridge where all the cruise ship traffic goes. I'm not sure if there would be a way to get through though.

Jan

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The Port is rebuilding the Interbay Trail to remove the skinny bridge and the at-grade rail crossing. Unfortunately we have to put up with a ridiculous detour for the month. 

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/08/25/alert-9-2-10-2-terminal-91-path-closed-in-interbay-to-remove-that-odd-bridge-thing-detour-uses-skinny-magnolia-bridge-sidewalk/

Bill

[sh...@ivory.org]

Thanks, Bill!

 

I don’t know what other permanents this affects, but I know it affects 5281: Happy Trails 200k

 

https://rusa.org/rusa/perm/select?pid=5281

 

I am not going to ask for an update to it, but I added a note to the RWGPS route (does anyone besides me read these???).  I took out the inflammatory part about the “ridiculous detour.”

 

• Shaun

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