Seattle Drawbridges

Check whether the Fremont Bridge is up right now. See reported raised or lowered status for the Ballard, Montlake, 1st Ave S, and South Park bridges too.

Seattle Drawbridges is an independent app made by MileCheck LLC. It is not a government app and does not represent the City of Seattle, the Seattle Department of Transportation, the U.S. Coast Guard, or any other government agency.

See which of the five bridges with live Seattle status are up and for how long. This overview is available without a subscription.

Premium is $9.99 a year or $0.99 a month. It unlocks each bridge's own page. See how long Fremont, Ballard, Montlake, 1st Ave S, or South Park has been up, or when each last opened. Pages for the University Bridge and SW Spokane St swing bridge explain that no live status feed is available.

Choose bridges for alerts when they go up. Get another alert if a bridge stays up for 15, 20, or 30 minutes. Pause alerts for an hour, the rest of the morning, or a week.

Check the Fremont Bridge opening rules and weekday rush-hour restrictions. Each bridge page includes the federal opening rule from 33 CFR 117 in plain language and in full, including applicable traffic holds and night notice requirements.

Find bike and sidewalk information for the Fremont Bridge and the other bridges. See current travel times where an SDOT overhead sign covers that bridge.

See bridges on a map colored by their reported status, with live traffic and directions through Google Maps or Waze.

Seattle's live feed has no timestamps. If the feed has been quiet for 12 hours, the app says so and stops reporting bridges as down.

No account. No ads. Your location stays on your phone. If you enable alerts, the app stores a push token and your selected bridges. That information is removed if you turn alerts off. Six color schemes are available. Ship Canal and Pride are included without a subscription.

Sources
Bridge status and travel times come from the Seattle Department of Transportation, relayed through the MileCheck API.
SDOT Travelers map: https://web.seattle.gov/Travelers/
Seattle Department of Transportation: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation

Opening rules come from the U.S. Coast Guard drawbridge regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Lake Washington Ship Canal bridges, 33 CFR 117.1051: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-I/subchapter-J/part-117/subpart-B/section-117.1051
Duwamish Waterway bridges, 33 CFR 117.1041: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-I/subchapter-J/part-117/subpart-B/section-117.1041

For official notices, check the agencies above. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.

Privacy Policy: https://milecheck.github.io/milecheck-privacy/seattle-drawbridges/