SR 520 - Eastside Design Simulation

This simulation shows the planned improvements of the SR 520 Eastside Transit and HOV Project. The Eastside project will rebuild the corridor from Evergreen Point Road to I-405 to include median transit stops and a continuous inside HOV lane to SR 202 in Redmond.

This video depicts preliminary design information and is provided for informational purposes.

Learn more about the SR 520 bridge project at:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR520Bridge/

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News & Politics

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• wsdot
• sr 520
• bridge
• simulation
• washingtongovernment

[rgkress1]

What will be the sound wall height on the Bellevue Way exit (going east).

Also, how many feet (southbound) will the road footprint expand in the area of the Bellevue Way exit?

[wsdot]

Noise wall heights are still being analyzed and will depend on site-specific factors. In the Bellevue Way vicinity, noise walls are anticipated to be in the range of 12 to 20 feet tall. The roadway will be widened approximately 80 feet to the south in the vicinity of the Bellevue Way off-ramp.

[krisdahl258]

What is the point of the 'lids'? Seems like an expensive way to build a greenway.

[wsdot]

Lids provide benefit by reconnecting communities, creating connections between parks, greenspaces and public facilities. They also create connections between the proposed regional path and local trail systems. At two lids, Evergreen Point Road and 92nd Avenue NE, they provide access to regional transit facilities.

[wsdot]

It was consultant produced.

[allyourcode]

best simulation soundtrack ever

[csmarker]

AWESOME... build away!!!

[vsmcax1007]

This reminds me of a video my 5th grade teacher showed us back in the 90's. Probably because of the music...the only thing that lacks now is a dramatization the geometric figures riding on unicycles...wait a minute..UNICYCLES! That's our answer to all of this transit madness:)

[sivadeilra]

I drive this route every day. This looks like a huge improvement, especially the long merge lanes. The biggest problem that I see with 520 westbound is that the merge lanes are absolute chaos. Having the HOV lanes on the right-hand side of the road also makes this much worse, so kudos for fixing that, too.

[orbsitron]

Rather than "lids", which are somewhat pretty but entirely useless, we should spend our tax dollars on:

1) Double the HOV capacity to encourage carpooling

2) Adding light rail across the water for the tens of thousands of people who make this commute daily for work and would simply not drive if there were rail.

3) Have dedicated bike lanes accross the water

Expanding capacity a little bit is a short term band-aid. It is *not* a solution. Long-term solutions *must* include real alternatives.

[FuriousCoder]

Two questions:

1) I see the HOV lanes are now on the inside of the highway. Will this convert along 520 all the way to RTC and beyond?

2) What's the expected speedup by moving the HOV lanes inside? I'm assuming this reduces slowdown by eliminating the merge points at exit/entrance ramps. Is this a more significant change than having the HOV lanes run the entire length of the floating bridge?

Thanks, WSDOT.

[jeffwseattle]

@jade36gmail no toll points - 520 tolling is all video/RFID

[acropara]

Is there a contact for the company that created the video? Could use their services.

[coolanddark]

@naswi click share then copy and paste to a youtube downloader you can get for free. I do it all the time. I stopped buying CD`s

[jade36gmail]

Can you tell me where in this video are the toll points? Seems they missed those.

[virtualawrence]

Would there be gridlock at the Bellevue Way exit since it's just one exit to go North and South?