Date:
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Contact:
Ryan Bianchi, WSDOT Communications, (425) 405-1785 (Everett)
Connie Lewis, WSDOT Communications, (425) 405-1796 (Everett)
EVERETT – This weekend’s planned closure of the southbound I-5 ramp to 41st Street in Everett is postponed until next weekend. Recent heavy rains soaked too much of the earth-work crews had already put into place. If weather cooperates, crews will try to finish the construction necessary to open the southbound I-5 exit to Everett’s 41st Street next weekend. In order to complete the final touches, crews must close the ramp all weekend long.
- Starting at 10 p.m. Friday, March 30 until 5 a.m. Monday, April 2 the southbound I-5 exit to 41st Street in Everett will be closed. The 41st Street Bridge and up to two lanes of southbound I-5 will also be closed intermittently at night over the weekend. All lanes of southbound I-5, the ramp to 41st and the bridge will be open by 5 a.m. Monday morning.
When the ramp reopens on Monday drivers will notice a smoother transition from the freeway to 41st St. Drivers exiting at 41st St. will also be able to turn left onto the bridge for the first time since the bridge opened to traffic on February 19. The new ramp is the third of four completed ramps that will make up the new I-5/41st Street interchange controlled by a single signal in the center of the bridge. The fourth ramp, from 41st St. to southbound I-5 will be complete by the end of 2007.
The 41st St. interchange improvements are one part of a $263 million dollar project to improve the flow of traffic through the city of Everett. By summer 2008, drivers will have new HOV lanes in each direction that run from just south of SR 526 to just south of the Snohomish River Bridge. Drivers will also have an additional general purpose lane in each direction between 41st St. to US 2. You can find more details about the I-5 Everett HOV freeway expansion project by visiting www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/I5/HOVSR526toUS2/.
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