West Seattle traffic alert: Tree down on California Way north of Hamilton Viewpoint

10:56 AM: California Way is blocked by a downed tree. We are here checking it out. Police are on scene turning traffic back. SDOT is here cutting up the tree.

11:26 AM: Please comment or otherwise let us know if you go through the area and it’s clear – there are no official updates on things like this and we won’t be going back to check for a while. Thanks!

3:10 PM: Commenters say it’s still closed and might not open for hours to come.

7:51 PM: Thanks to everyone who has reported the road has reopened.

Trina April 7, 2013 (3:07 pm)

Drove by and got the word from the crew that it will probably be 8pm before it’s clear.

mrsB April 7, 2013 (3:08 pm)

Road is still closed. One truck just left full of sawn-up logs. Another truck is loading up….

WSB April 7, 2013 (3:09 pm)

WOW – thanks for the updates. We will check in the early evening, then.

David April 7, 2013 (4:26 pm)

Appears to be open now. Just drove through a couple of minutes ago.

Sna April 7, 2013 (6:01 pm)

It was open an hour ago when I drove down the hill.

Nw April 7, 2013 (6:05 pm)

Alder remember years back when there a was a big slide further down the and they had rounds galore of alder.

lina April 7, 2013 (6:39 pm)

the fate of an ivy-infested tree in the wind. Ivy getting up into the canopy of a tree acts like a sail in the wind and the extra weight on the tree makes it really vulnerable to blow-down-especially on slopes.