To help create a safer environment in the stadium area, the ground-level rail crossing at South Royal Brougham Way will be closed.Within the SR 519 project area is the Mountains to Sounds Greenway trail.BNSF and Amtrak trains regularly cause crossing delays in the SODO area. The new South Royal Brougham Way bridge will allow vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles to pass safely over the trains.In 2003, WSDOT opened Phase 1 – the new South Atlantic Street on-ramps to I-5 and I-90 and the South Atlantic Street overpass.The intersection of First Avenue South and South Atlantic Street is critical to maintaining efficient traffic flow in the SODO area.The SR 519 project will improve freight mobility in the SODO area by improving direct access for freight heading to and from the interstate system and the Port of Seattle.Phase 2 will be operationally complete before major detours begin on the South Holgate Street to South King Street Viaduct Replacement Project.Artist’s rendering of project improvements, looking east onto Safeco Field.Wider sidewalks will make traveling safer for pedestrians crossing the South Atlantic Street intersection.South Atlantic Street off-ramp.South Royal Brougham Way channelization plan.An artist’s rendering of potential urban design concept features at South Royal Brougham Way.