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Vote for Seattle’s Worst Intersection: 2019 (Round 3)

Troy Heerwagen - May 28, 2019
4th and Jackson, courtesy Shane in the City

The competition is down to the elite eight of extremely objectionable intersections.

In Northeast Seattle, the two 5-way intersections advanced. Those two intersections each include two streets with the same name: NE 45th St, NE 45th Pl, Union Bay, and Mary Gates, and further southwest, NE 40th St, NE 40th St, and 7th Ave N.

The intersections that advanced out of South / West Seattle also included multiple streets. Rainier, Jackson, Boren, and 14th advanced in a resounding win along with the multi-intersection triangle of 35th, Avalon, and Fauntleroy.

Elsewhere, Ravenna & 65th near Green Lake barely advanced and will face off against
Mercer and 9th, one of several dysfunctional Mercer intersections, to be the worst intersection in SLU / North Seattle.

The vote counts in SLU / Central Seattle were the closest of any area, with 4th and Jackson (and 2nd Ave Ext S) moving ahead to compete against 2017’s worst intersection, Denny & Stewart.