Failed culvert forms sinkhole; no detour around damaged trail section

To protect public safety and accommodate heavy construction equipment, the Burke Gilman Trail will be closed Jan. 6-7 in the vicinity of 91st Avenue Northeast so crews can make emergency repairs to a damaged portion of the popular route.

Trail users are advised that there will be no set detour around the closed portion, which is in the Bothell-Kenmore area. Barricades and warning signs are currently in place around the sinkhole. Crews hope to replace a failed culvert, fill the sinkhole and repave the damaged portion of the trail by Thursday evening.

The Burke-Gilman Trail runs more than 18 miles from Shilshole Bay in the City of Seattle to the city of Bothell where it intersects the Sammamish River Trail. Part of the “Locks to Lakes Corridor,” the trail crosses Ballard, Fremont, Wallingford, the University District and View Ridge within the city of Seattle, as well as the cities of Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and Bothell.

The trail is managed by Seattle within the city limits south of Northeast 145th Street and by King County outside Seattle.