Date:
Friday, December 09, 2005
Contact:
Dustin Terpening, Public Information Officer, (360) 757-5997 (Burlington)
Dave Crisman, Project Engineer, (360) 848-7103 (Mount Vernon)
BURLINGTON - WSDOT and its contractor Mowat Construction will close lanes on Interstate 5 next week at night to finish removing temporary bridge supports underneath the new 2nd Street Bridge in Mount Vernon. The bridge supports were originally used to start building the wider and taller bridge over I-5.
Currently, with the bridge supports in place, the height clearance over I-5 is less than 16 feet. Once it’s removed, the new bridge will have an 18 feet 7 inch height clearance over I-5. The new height clearance is more than four feet taller than the previous bridge we demolished and replaced.
Lane Closures
- Dec. 12 and Dec. 13 - crews will close one northbound I-5 lane at a time from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. between Kincaid Street (exit 226) and College Way (exit 227). Crews will switch lanes as necessary throughout the night. One lane will remain open at all times.
- crews will close one southbound I-5 lane at a time from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. between Kincaid Street (exit 226) and College Way (exit 227). Crews will switch lanes as necessary throughout the night. One lane will remain open at all times.
WSDOT opened the new 2nd Street Bridge over I-5 to traffic at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 18 after one year of construction. The new bridge is wider, taller and safer than the bridge it replaced.
The $14 million project is on schedule and budget. Construction work will be complete in spring 2006. WSDOT was able to build the new bridge thanks to the 2003 Washington State Legislature who approved $12 million in funding from the Transportation Funding Package. For more detailed information about the project visit
www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/I5/2ndSt_BridgeRepl ###
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