Seattlest: Photos of Bus Hanging Over I-5

Kyle T

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:15:59 -0800

"Please exit from the REAR of the bus. Thank you for riding Northwestern Bus Lines!"

abbey

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:17:19 -0800

those photos look like they are straight out of "Speed 3: Snowmaggedon"

Jeremy M. Barker

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:37:37 -0800

To add some background, there were three buses in a convoy bringing Job Corps students back from Moses Lake to Seattle for the holidays. The third bus was alerted before making the turn, and so avoided cascading down on the other two. As MvB mentions, from experience living at the corner of Bellevue & Thomas, I can say that this is not an unusual route for commercial bus lines to take when they get off I-5 north at Olive and need to go downtown. In fact, we've often wondered if maybe GPS guidance systems like TomTom don't identify this as a route to avoid a hairy left turn onto Denny from Bellevue. We frequently see a variety of large vehicles using this route to make the turn onto Denny, not just buses. I think that's why the city didn't bother to close the road--it's otherwise a little used residential road. I'm just waiting for the news to try to make this all the city's fault, though.

BigGreenFrank

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:04:52 -0800

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/seattle/i5_pinest.htm#cam YOu can see it from the traffic cam too. I'll be checking that one before leaving work today...

partyfernandez

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:05:44 -0800

as someone who typically hates gawkers.........i'd slow down to look at this shit. it's like something out of 'Die Hard' or 'Speed'. "Stay above 50.........feet of I-5, please"

Matt G1

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:45:40 -0800

I can see I-5 from my window (I'm south a half mile or so), and it's getting slow. My guess is that it's exciting enough for people to drive really slow to check it out on the way past. My point? If that's your way home, be ready to wait.