Yesterday was such a spectacularly beautiful day that it almost felt painful to be inside. Apparently the boaters felt the same way. Traffic through Portage Bay was busier than it’s been all year. That meant the bridges were going up and down like yo-yos.

It says here that for all the bridges except Spokane Street, on average a bridge opening stops traffic for about 4 minutes. It feels a *lot* longer.

Be nice to the Coast Guard. They have to write a specific exemption to let the City of Seattle leave the drawbridges down during rush hour. By federal law marine traffic is always supposed to have the right of way. Can you imagine the traffic snarl if a flotilla of sailboats came through the ship canal at 5:15 and made all of the bridges open for ten minutes or so?

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