Hello! Welcome to West Seattle Island Co. We're a small business, run by local West Seattleites. We love living here and wouldn't mind ever leaving... except sometimes you just have to. Anyway - it might be some time before our bridge is up and running again, so we thought we might as well have some fun with it!
We can't wait to see West Seattle Island Co. gear out there in our city within a city. We hope you enjoy!
The high-level West Seattle Bridge, officially the Jeanette Williams Memorial Bridge, is a cantilevered segmental bridge that serves as the primary connection between West Seattle and the rest of the city. It was built between 1981 and 1984 after the previous bascule bridge was deemed inoperable as a result of being struck by the freighter Antonio Chavez in 1978.
The bridge spans the east and west channels that form the mouth of the Duwamish River at Elliott Bay, crossing over Harbor Island. Its main approaches are Fauntleroy Way S.W. from the west and the Spokane Street Viaduct from the east. The viaduct continues east to Interstate 5 at Columbian Way (exit 163), forming a three-mile (5 km) arterial between West Seattle and I-5. The navigational clearance height of the high-level West Seattle Bridge is 140 feet (42.6 meters).
The low-level Spokane Street Bridge of swing-span design spans the west channel of the Duwamish River immediately north of the high-level bridge. The low-level bridge carries the surface-level Spokane Street and has a navigational clearance of 45 feet (13.7 meters).
The bridge was closed in March 2020 after cracks in the underside were found to be growing rapidly, necessitating a major repair amid the coronavirus pandemic. SDOT has since announced that the bridge will remain closed until at least 2022.
[Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Seattle_Bridge]