It's actually happening... Watching the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Cross-Lake Connection right now. Congrats to Sound Transit and the Seattle region as a whole. Check out the live stream using this link: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/light-rail-service-between-eastside-seattle-begin-nearly-20-years-after-initial-approval/281-bebec289-693f-4841-a520-bf7f1a98c9f0 #Seattle #Bellevue #Redmond #Shoreline #MountLakeTerrace #Lynwood #SoundTransit #LinkLightRail #LinkLine2 #PublicTransit #GrandOpening #CrossLakeConnection
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Looking forward to tomorrow, as the Seattle area gets to boast of a world's first... the first light rail line to cross a floating bridge. It's been years in the making, had tons of delays, but tomorrow it finally opens and links Seattle proper to Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond. Granted, the segment from South Bellevue station to Downtown Redmond station has been open for a while, as well as the International District/Chinatown station in Seattle, but the Judkins Park and Mercer Island stations are all new. The tracks cross the Homer M Hadley Memorial Floating Bridge, which besides carrying the tracks carries the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 from Mercer Island to Seattle. The ribbon cutting is at Sam Smith Park, just across from the eastern entrance of the Judkins Park station, and that's at 9:00 AM. Service begins at 10:00 AM. https://seattletransitblog.com/2026/03/27/a-sneak-peek-at-the-crosslake-connection/ #Seattle #MercerIsland #Bellevue #Redmond #SoundTransit #LinkLightRail #LinkLine2 #PublicTransit #GrandOpening #WorldsFirst
A sneak peek at the Crosslake Connection

Over-the-shoulder shot of the operator cab in the Mount Baker tunnel (Nathan Dickey) Yesterday, Seattle Transit Blog writers had the opportunity to join local media outlets to tour the highly antic…

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