Thanks to Frank C.
Ed note: I’ve been avoiding Madison when going to Madison Park or to the Safeway on Madison (at 23rd). This can be done by traveling south when leaving Skyline, turning L on James (which turns into Cherry going east), then turning L on 23rd or MLK back to Madison depending on your destination there. It’s a bit longer but quicker bypassing the construction!
It might be helpful to point out that the chaos stemming from the Madison BRT construction project has begun to hit home.
For any of us who are returning home from Capitol Hill or Madison Park etc., our traditional route of coming down Madison to 9th and turning left, has been nixed. Last week the SDOT folks put up ‘no left turn’ signs at Madison and 9th and Madison and 8th. (They may have also put on in at Terry, I did not notice.)
So for the time being the only legal options are to use the left turn light at Madison and Boren, then take Boren to Marion and cross over to 9th or 8th. (Columbia or Cherry are options, but sometimes are blocked by construction activities.)
The other option would be to turn right on Terry to Spring, then left one block to 9th, then left on 9th. (This won’t work for 8th since Spring is one way west
of 9th.)