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The hybrid theory is a fallacy. Salt water is corrosive. Inslee is on a fantasy mission chasing windmills

Once again, bicyclists get thrown onto a sidewalk forcing them to dodge pedestrians.

The largest wildlife bridge over a major freeway is being built right now in Agoura Hills CA on US101 (Ventura Freeway). Known formally as the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, this bridge is privately financed by donations and construction supervised by CalTrans, which also opens bidding for construction contractors on this project. Other wildlife crossings also exist but they are tunnels or underpasses below freeways/highways such as a pair of undercrossings below State Route 71 near Corona.

Great that is being "improved", but improvement is always subjective. Call it what it is, a capacity increase, or lane additions.

Feedback from commuting around this project for the last year: When traveling Southbound on Montlake Blvd, the layout and signage of the two right hand turns onto 520 (west and then east respectively) is pretty hazardous. Initially the signage suggests that the right most lane is Westbound only, but then it allows drivers to continue through that intersection, meanwhile the second right most lane says 520 east, where you then need to get into the right most lane after the westbound turnoff. Ideally that right most lane would be a MUST turn onto westbound 520, and the second right most would then flow into the right most lane after that. Thanks, and already seeing some big improvements with this project!

I feeel bad for cities that have wide roads and highways cut through them. Almost an unfixable problem.

Looking forward to worse backups than ever before. Good job wsdot. Overpass with lanes for the soft hands to make their way in would make more sense.

Induced demand is real, but nobody's reading the description: "we know we can't fix traffic by adding lanes," it says. We're not dealing with amateurs here :) this is a simple reconfiguration that should remove a bottleneck, and just one part of a plan to improve overall transit, cars and buses alike.

More govt. infliction it appears, because they will build it so we can see how the impact goes until from their limited viewpoint, not from the travelers! What about icy conditions, etc. ?

I just hope that traffic coming downhill on sr104 after a bridge closure will YIELD to traffic in the round about coming off the 2 lateral roads.

I'm a big fan of roundabouts and they are proven to move more traffic efficiently than a stop light. However, This is a very poor location for a roundabout. Semis and large vehicles, motorhomes, ect will not be able to accelerate up the hill appropriately from the round about. This will cause more congestion and risky passing behaviors which commonly happen on this hill as it is when people get in the passing lane and then fail to quickly pass the slow moving vehicle and then move to the right lane. Large trucks, semi's ect coming down the hill will be hard pressed to slow down for the roundabout. If this is built, plan on quite a few accidents where large trucks plow through the roundabout.

The highway maintenance work on snoqualmie pass are very very lazy, the winter weather conditions is not the problem but the people maintaining it when it happens is the problem and it a job I have done before in Illinois and North Dakota.

This is all because Port Ludlowites can't stand to wait more than three seconds for a left turn into 104

All I can say is😂😂😂😂

I’m SO looking forward to this roundabout at 104/Shine/Paradise Bay Rd!! I enter 104 from Paradise Bay Rd and it’s such a dangerous intersection. The meter will only function when traffic warrants it and sensors determine cars need to enter the roundabout from Paradise Bay or Shine Rd. People are complaining this roundabout will cause a mess; it’s a disastrous mess now! At least it will be much safer. And a roundabout will cause less congestion than a 4-way signal because there won’t be an extended wait/backup at a red light.

99% highway engineers quit one lane short of fixing traffic

Great another waste of money that only creates problems. Good luck to the 100s of truckers a day trying to make it up that hill. Thanks for wasting tax dollars

Ask Inslee what he's doing with that Billion dollars he's collected off his bogus gas tax. Ferry system begging for more funding. This is what they spend their money on? Wait till winter, Line of freight trucks doing 25 up the hill, everyone else trying to race in the other lane.

Stop throwing roundabouts in as a solution for fucking everything. All these do is create more traffic. How about fixing existing roads instead of creating more problems

Infrastructure built for the needs of 60 years ago needs to be updated badly. The US's population has doubled since then, and in the Seattle-Tacoma area, it has quadrupled. We need to upgrade highway infrastructure but also change the way we develop housing. We cant keep expanding the sprawl. we need to concentrate new housing developments where the jobs are.

Another P.O.S. roundabout brought to you by the same people that designed and build a piece of crap single lane roundabout in Port Townsend at Kearney St. . It has caused numerous issues and huge delays . Thanks for nothing WASHDOT. This is going to be a joke.

love this! so much nicer to use the money for this kind of stuff

Oh come on….. no Closed Captioning? Do it!

Thank you for this!

Wish there were more passing lanes on this highway

It will create more safety, but will also increase congestion even when not busy. I enter the bridge from Paradise bay road often, and at least it will be safer. However, the metered roundabout will undoubtedly increase congestion.

Informative video. Looks like a great solution. Looking forward to a safer journey through there.

Don't forget, at the other end of the bridge there is a stoplight....the traffic is not free flowing....it's going to be a problem!!!!

I live off of 104 and this is the most ridiculous "solution" you could have come up with. 104 will now be backed up consistently with no way for people who live off 104 to get home without massive traffic back up. Once the slow light at the other end of the bridge is red, both roundabouts will be backed up all day. This just shows the great minds of WSDOT at their best.

What will happen during the time the bridge is open and the traffic is backed up past the Round about? I presume that cats will be stopped before entering the roundabout as to allow cross traffic from Paradise Bay Rd. & Shine Rd to flow. Is this correct?

Cascades extend into Northern California and end at Mt Lassen, then the Intermountain region, the Sierras start at Sierra Buttes near Portola CA.

Hopefully they use graffiti resistant paint when covering up tags.

It WILL be a major mess, not only during summer with people driving motorhomes through, but also mornings & evenings. Traffic heading east splits at the signal. Traffic heading west won't split, but will be backed up onto the bridge. Nice touch putting in crosswalks and pedestrian areas - this what functions as a major highway, not a congested suburban artery with pedestrians out for a walk. I can't help but think the designers haven't traveled this route much, nor appropriately weighted their decisions with the fact that there are only TWO routes onto the Olympic Peninsula. Have they included the millions of tourists three seasons a year?

Fish fryer at Ivars pier 54 tips over burns entire pier to the water. Crew leaps to safety. Seriously I was on the viaduct during the 2001 quake and it was unpleasant!

Was that ramp originally planned to be built and then go unused for six years waiting for the entire Portage Bay project to be done? Doesn't seem like very smart or efficient planning to me. No wonder this stuff takes FOREVER.

What determines whether a contractor company is "underrepresented?" Is it based on the owners of the company, or the employees of the company?

No real information, and no link to any information.

SR542, please repair. Thanks!

What’s it like to be a pothole, road damage repairer on SR542?

Create sign "Merge Late, Cooperate" and then put it at the merge points. People treat you like a psychopath if you try to merge late. Often times since other exit signs are terrible, I find myself having to merge late because I didn't realize I was in an Exit Only lane and then everyone gets furious as if I'm cutting the line. We all need something to gesture at when this happens because the current gesture I use doesn't help the situation. A sign would be preferable.

yay thanks WSDOT

This doesnt explain wat to do when the traffic from one way will not stop coming. Do i just sit there for 20 minutes waiting for an opening? I thought the person that arrives first, and/or to the right has the right away?

Feedback: 1) blanket Do Not Turn On Right signs throughout the city seem to be impractical w/o adding time periods (e.g., why restrict turns during off-peak/dark hours), 2) canopy rooftop surface area is very large, any drainage/downspout systems included? 3) how strict is the QC/QA for overall work? In past recent civic/civil jobs, I've noticed various small quality issues with edges not lined up, pre-mature surface degradation, scattered rust, etc. Otherwise, great presentation.

So excited to see this video. It has been bothering me for year trying to figure it out every time I drive over it. Thank you!!

Fascinating.

How are potholes fixed?

So how many bridges like this in the world?

I was looking for this video a few weeks ago, funny it came out now! Much more clear than any other video on this

You can meter the road but not put in a traffic light? That's what is needed. Works just fine on the Kitsap side but Jefferson has to be different, why? Worst idea in the world. It's lazy and will be a major mess during bridge openings, especially during the summer.