I-90 Bridge, Seattle

I know of a wild dive site right here in Seattle that's not dove at all. The south side of the western I-90 overpass, just south of Leschi and north of Mount Baker Park on Lake Washington boulevard. There's a park on Lake Washington just to the north/under the overpass. I geared up there and went across (east) to the bridge stanchions and headed south. South of the overpass are 3 deck plates/highway sections from where the old bridge sank in like 60 feet of water. On a nice day the visibility is great 20-40 feet or more. When I was there in the summer I could see the entire length of the highway sections stacked one on top of the other. It'd be an experienced dive because of the boat traffic. I don't know if the park is posted banning diving or not. It was an incredible dive because of the immense scale of the bridge sections and the weird feeling looking and standing on the highway 40 feet down. It'd make a great photo riding a bike underwater on a highway!<br><br><b><u>RECENT UPDATE 2009</u>: I noticed that ShoreDiving has a section devoted to the sunken I-90 Bridge in Lake Washington. This is a really good freshwater site, but ALAS, WADOT declared it off limits to divers in mid 2006 after vascillating on the issue for several years following the events of 9/11/01. The park under the present bridge has been posted and the Seattle Harbor Patrol is supposed to enforce the ban. I wanted to alert you to this situation so you can decide whether or not to keep the listing on your web site. -- Gene C.</b>