Date:
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Contact:
Ryan Bianchi, WSDOT Communications, (425) 405-1785 (Everett), Cell (206) 786-4079
Connie Lewis, WSDOT Communications, (425) 405-1796 (Everett)
EVERETT - A fair weather forecast for the weekend means crews working to widen I-5 through Everett will close the ramp from 41st Street to northbound I-5. Crews will close the ramp at 10 p.m. Friday, January 12 and will open it again by 6 a.m. Monday, January 15. A signed detour will be provided. Up to two lanes of northbound I-5 will also be closed nightly starting Friday from 11 p.m. until 6 a.m. the following morning.
The ramp closure was delayed one week due to last weekend’s wet weather. Work on the ramp from northbound I-5 to eastbound US 2 was also pushed back a week. Crews now plan to close that ramp the weekend of January 19 - 22 if the weather forecast is mostly dry. A signed detour will be provided that will take drivers to the Marine View Drive exit then back to I-5 and the southbound ramp to eastbound US 2. Drivers should be prepared for delays, particularly on Saturday and Sunday afternoon to evening.
In the coming months, construction work will require several weekend long ramp closures. All work is weather dependent and could be pushed to the next available suitable weather weekend. For details about WSDOT’s effort to widen I-5 through Everett, please visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/HOVSR526toUS2/ .
January 19 - 22, 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays)
At 10 p.m. Friday, crews will close the I-5 northbound to US 2 eastbound ramp. The ramp will reopen by 6 a.m. Monday, January 22.
Starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and possibly Sunday nights crews will begin closing up to two lanes of northbound I-5 near the US 2 ramp. These lanes will reopen by 6 a.m. each morning.
February 16 - 19, 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays)
10 p.m. Friday the detour across Cascade View Bridge will close
10 p.m. Friday the 41st Street on-ramp to I-5 northbound will close
By 5 a.m. Monday morning:
41st Street Bridge opens
41st Street NB on ramp re-opens
Left turn onto 41st Street closes for 2 weeks (from the I-5 southbound 41st Street exit and the 41st Street loop ramp)
February 23 - 26 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays)
10 p.m. Friday the existing 41st Street loop ramp will permanently close
5 a.m. Monday morning the new I-5 northbound exit ramp to 41st Street will open
March 2 - 5, 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays)
10 p.m. Friday, I-5 southbound exit to 41st Street will close so crews can tie-in the new southbound exit ramp.
5 a.m. Monday the new I-5 southbound 41st Street exit ramp will open
June 22 - 25, 2007 (or alternate weekend in case of weather delays)
Crews will finalize work on the new southbound I-5 on ramp from 41st Street
5 a.m. Monday the new single point urban interchange will be complete with 4 lanes operating. The remaining lanes will tie into City’s 41st Street widening project when it’s complete.
Tentative Schedule for Other Weekend Potential Ramp Closures
January - February 2007
Westbound US 2 ramp to southbound I-5 and the southbound right lane of I-5 from US 2 to Pacific Ave.
March
Southbound I-5 to 41st Street exit ramp.
April
Exit ramp from southbound I-5 to Everett Ave/eastbound US 2 and the auxiliary lane.
May
The I-5 on-ramp from Pacific Ave.
The exit ramp from NB I-5 to Pacific Avenue.
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