Metro Weekend Update – July 19th to 21st, 2024

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Routes 43, 48, 255, 271, and ST 542 will be rerouted during the closure of Montlake Boulevard E from Friday, July 19 at 10 p.m. to Monday, July 22 at 6 a.m. due to construction;
Route 106 will be rerouted off Martin Luther King Jr Wy S between S Cloverdale Street and S Othello Street, from Friday, July 19 at 7 p.m. to Saturday, July 20 at 6 p.m., due to construction;
Route 225 and RapidRide B Line will be rerouted off NE 40th Street and 148th Avenue NE between NE 40th Street and NE 51st Street from Saturday, July 20 at 5 a.m. to Monday, July 22 at 5 a.m. due to construction;
Routes 239 and 250 will be rerouted off of NE 85th Street between 6th Street and 120th Avenue NE from Friday, July 19 at 9:30 p.m. to Monday, July 22 at 4:30 a.m. due to construction;

Local Community Events

Route 2 to W Queen Anne will be rerouted in the Capitol Hill area from Thursday, July 18 through Sunday, July 21, at all times, during the Capitol Hill Block Party;
Routes 2, 11, and 27 will be rerouted in the Madrona area and will not serve the stops north and east of 34th Avenue and E Union Street during the Seafair Triathlon from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 21;
Routes 50, 128, 773 and RapidRide C Line will be rerouted in the West Seattle area from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 during the Float Dodger 5K and the West Seattle Grand Parade;
Routes 106 and ST 545 will be rerouted in the International District during the Chinatown Seafair Parade from 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 21;
Routes 118 and 119 will be affected during the Vashon Strawberry Festival and Parade from Friday, July 19 at 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday July 21;
Route 165 will be rerouted off of Marine View Dr S from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 during the Des Moines Waterland Parade;
Route 168 will be rerouted in the Covington area on Saturday, July 20 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. during the Covington Days Parade;

Take transit to all your sporting, and community events in Seattle. Metro and Link light rail serves riders heading to T-Mobile Park, Husky Stadium, Lumen Field, and Climate Pledge Arena;
- The Seattle Mariners will have games at 7:10 p.m. on Friday and 6:40 p.m. Saturday and at 1:10 p.m. on Sunday at T-Mobile Park;
- Seattle Sounders have a match on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Lumen Field;
- The Seattle Reign FC will have a match at 6 p.m. on Friday at Lumen Field;
Water Taxi will continue a year-round midday and extended summer weekend sailing schedule;
- The summer sailing schedule began April 15 and will run through October 11. Find the summer sailing schedule on the Water Taxi’s Captain’s Blog;
Seattle Center Monorail will be open during normal hours this weekend except Saturday when it will operate until midnight. The Monorail will depart approximately every 10 minutes;
Riders can use Text for Departures by texting their stop number to 62550 to get next departure times;
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As always, “It’s a great day to ride Metro” to get to events and activities where there is often traffic congestion and limited parking.