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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 4:54 p.m.

Updated: 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 | Posted: 5:00 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009

Hogan's Blog: Snow and Ice, Dangerous Drive


It has snowed in numerous places! The snow was sticking to the roads along with ice. This was a dangerous morning to be out commuting. We saw most areas with Winter driving conditions.

Here are some of the things that may have slowed you down Thursday morning:

520 - Redmond/Bellevue/Seattle - Ice and snow on the road. Spin outs all along 520 from Redmond, through Bellevue to the bridge. On and off ramps were troublesome.

I-5 - Marysville/Everett - Numerous spin outs throughout the morning.

I-90 - Factoria/Eastgate - Very Icy on I-90 Eastgate to Mercer Island

405 - Snow and ice - Southcenter to Renton, Bellevue, Kirkland and Alderwood - numerous spin outs around the 520 interchange and in Kirkland all morning.

202 - Ice and snow on the shoulder

167 - Spin outs at SR-410 - Sumner was slow nb to Renton, cleared up after 8am

16 - Spin outs and icy conditions

18 - Bad driving conditins over Tiger Mountain Summit.

I-5 - Federal Way to Downtown Seattle - numerous spin outs but looked much better later on.

Tacoma - I-5 - You're looking ok roads. Watch out for ice.

Olympia - Your roads are bare and wet, and slushy in places. Watch out for ice.

Nisqually - Numerous spin outs on the southbound side from Tacoma to Olympia. All lanes were blocked at the Nisqually River Br. Just re-opened all lanes, it was backed up to Dupont.

Bellingham - Winter driving conditions. Roads have compact snow and ice. I-5 was blocked at times due to spin outs.

Maple Valley/Covington - Icy roads.

WSDOT: Our crews have been out on our highways all night, including the Kitsap Peninsula.

Alert: Lakewood - Car vs Bus – 59 Ave Ct W and 79t St Ct W TIME: 7am

Alert: I-5 Southbound, Nisqually River - was completely closed, all lanes are now open TIME Started: 7am

Alert: Ramp blocked from SB I-405 to EB SR 520 near Bellevue TIME: 7am This looks like a parking lot from our DOT cameras. There are a dozen cars just stuck.

Alert: 2 lanes blocked on eastbound I-90 at midspan in Seattle TIME: 6:20am - Two lanes of eastbound I-90 at the midspan in Seattle are blocked due to stalled vehicles. This has now cleared.

Alert: 520 at 92nd Multiple spinouts are blocking two eastbound right lanes. The westbound lanes have reopened. TIME started: 6:20am UPDATE: All lanes of eastbound SR 520 at 92nd Ave NE in Bellevue are open to traffic following earlier spin-outs.

Alert: A disabled dump truck is partially blocking the right lane of I-5 southbound, just past the SR 16 interchange in Tacoma. TIME: 6:20am

Alert: Washington State Patrol is reporting icy road conditions on I-5 through Nisqually.

Alert: "2 cars in a ditch at Novely Hill" - Maria TIME: 6:10am

Alert: EB 520 to Northup a 4 car TIME: 5:55am

Alert: 3 car injury SB 405 in 520 area TIME: 5:50am

Alert: There is a vehicle in the median on SR 16 eastbound between Mullenix Road and Sedgwick Road near Port Orchard. TIME: 5am

Alert: S I5 Express to Mercer a 1 car vs Guard Rail TIME: 5:20am

Alert: I-5 sb at 200th one car accident TIME: 5:20am

Alert: I-5 of ramp to Spokane St blocked for a while at 5:40am. There is a trooper there with flares. The ramp is full of cars completely stopped at 5:50am "There are 2 buses stuck on the off ramp from I-5 north to the West Seattle freeway westbound." - Ron

If you're leaving your car keys at home, here are some links that may be useful:

Sounder Alert: The Sounderis running on a normal schedule today. Check your schedule at this link.

Ferry Alert: We're are keeping a close eye on the ferry runs all morning. Check your schedule at this link.

Pierce Transit: All buses will run on a normal schedule today. Check your schedule at this link.

Metro Transit Alert: We're keeping a close eye on Metro routes all morning. Check your schedule at this link.

What are you emailing?

"I live in Tukwila and when I woke up it looked like a Winter wonderland. My car was covered and so were the streets. It is a powdery snow. The side streets were bad but once I got on I-5 to Downtown Seattle the roads were ok." - Scott

"Driving to Seattle from Issaquah the surface streets were damp, with the freeway and overpasses being icy around Eastgate and Factoria." - Rick

"Wet roads, no sign of snow across the Hewitt Ave. trestle. Starts out, scattered clouds. Everett at I-5, no snow, road wet right about freezing. (Much of I-5 through Everett is elevated with potential for ice.) SB I-5 quickly turned from clear skies to light snow by 41st, back to stars visible and then fog at 526. Road frosty in spots, wet in others. WB 526, fog gone by Evergreen Way. Seaway Blvd icy with a little snow. Lightly traveled roads and parking lots around Boeing are frozen solid and very slick in places." - Kirby's commute to Boeing in Everett

Cheers,

Jenni Hogan KIRO 7 Traffic Anchor

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