Things are progressing nicely on the Fremont Bridge project. They've closed off the eastern half of the bridge and torn down that half of the approaches. Consequently, all pedestrian and bike traffic has been shifted to the remaining walkway on the west side of the bridge, and it seems to be working pretty smoothly. It's only bad after a bridge opening, when there are dozens of peds and bikes trying to make it through the choke point on the north end of the bridge.
The best part of the construction is they are starting to implement some of the designs suggested by the Citizens' Advisory Group. It was particularly gratifying to see this sign, which is very close to the sketch that I made for the Parsons-Brinckerhoff engineers at one of the meetings two summers ago (the main difference is my drawing had a bicyclist in the middle of the yield sign). I knew there was a reason I was spending so much time under the artificial lights on those beautiful July days!
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