In 1997 the bridge was also featured on the Discovery Channel’s show Really Big Things. In 1992, The Spokane Street Bridge received an award by the American Society of Civil Engineers for the achievement of Outstanding Engineering. The bridge extends over Duwamish River which connects Harbor Island to West Seattle. Also known as West Seattle’s low-level bridge is considered a concrete double-leaf swing bridge containing separate 480 feet long sections. Spokane Street Bridge can be seen to the left of the footage. The traffic camera is facing toward two lanes of incoming traffic and one lane for traffic heading in the opposite direction. In the early 1940’s, to relieve difficult parking conditions in the downtown area of Seattle multi-level parking garages and parking meters were installed throughout the area.The North-South traffic corridor is elevated in a section of State Route 99 and runs along the Elliott Bay waterfront. 110,000 vehicles travel across The Alaskan Way Viaduct per day.In the neighborhood of Pioneer Square speed limits were placed at 6 mph set where at the time vehicles were being horse-drawn. Seattle’s original speed limit was established in the 1800’s.Seattle holds the 1 st, 2nd and 5 th titles for having the longest floating bridges in the world with bridges like Lake Washington Bridge and Lake Washington topping the list.Few cities in North America offer the option of electric trolley buses to their residents. electric trolleybus which can be seen two cars in front of the narrator’s vehicle. The footage is being filmed from inside of a moving vehicle traveling Northbound. The video link features traffic along 9 th and James in Seattle, Washington. The major gateway for trade with Asia, Seattle is the 8 th largest container handling port within the United States. It is estimated in 2012 that 634,535 people resigned Seattle, WA which is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region.
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