What is the best route to take to get to I-5 North from West Seattle?
Thanks for all of your emails, my West Seattle commuting buddies! I hope the information below can help. On weekdays you have a few options depending on what the volume of traffic. Your first option is simply to take the West Seattle Bridge to I-5. The Spokane Street on-ramp will be open on weekdays. This option will take you directly through the construction zone. You can not use this option on the weekends. Another option is to take 99 and then cut across to I-5 after you pass through downtown Seattle. Remember 99 is an alternate route that DOT is pushing for everyone commuting on I-5. This means it’s very likely that you’ll notice delays on this route too. To avoid the West Seattle Bridge, you could go through White Center instead. Here are a couple of options for you: Take SW Roxbury Eastbound down to 509 Northbound. That will merge with East Marginal Way and become 99, so you’ll end up on the Viaduct. You can also keep going straight on Roxbury and go past 509. The road changes in
