Date:
Friday, September 21, 2007
Contact:
Seema Javeri, Project Engineer, (425) 401-4126 (Bellevue)
Amy Creekmore, WSDOT Communications, (425) 301-2023 (Bellevue)
BELLEVUE – Next week, crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will continue repairing pavement on northbound I-405 in South Bellevue and restoring the Kelsey Creek Park wetland. Crews will also install temporary pilings for the widening of the bridges over I-90 and Coal Creek Parkway, and perform electrical work.
Construction closures affecting I-405 drivers in Bellevue the week of Sept. 21 – 28 include:
I-405 Mainline
- Sunday through Thursday nights, crews will close up to three northbound I-405 lanes from 112th Ave NE to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe overpass to repair pavement. The first lane will close at 8 p.m. each night, with up to three lanes closed by 11 p.m. All lanes will reopen by 5 a.m. each following morning.
- Sunday through Thursday nights, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) may perform multiple twenty minute rolling slowdowns on northbound I-405 near I-90. Between midnight and 4 a.m., the WSP will slow traffic down while crews repair pavement. Drivers should anticipate extra travel time or take alternate routes.
- Monday night, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) will perform a twenty minute rolling slowdown on southbound I-405 near 112th Ave SE. Between midnight and 4 a.m., the WSP will slow traffic down while crews perform overhead electrical work. Drivers should anticipate extra travel time or take alternate routes.
- Monday night, crews will close up to two southbound lanes from I-90 to 112th Ave SE from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday morning for electrical work.
- Monday through Thursday nights, crews will close one southbound lane from SE 8th Street to Coal Creek Parkway from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. each following morning for survey and electrical work.
- Monday through Thursday nights, crews will close one northbound HOV lane from Coal Creek Parkway to I-90 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. each following morning for electrical work.
I-405/I-90 Interchange
- Monday through Saturday nights, crews will close the southbound I-405 on-ramp from westbound I-90 from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. to install temporary pilings for the widening of the bridge over I-90. Drivers should follow detour signs on I-405 and local streets.
- Monday through Thursday nights, crews may close one lane of the southbound I-405 off-ramp to westbound I-90 from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. each following morning to move a temporary attenuator (“crash cushion”) and temporary barriers.
I-90 Mainline
- Wednesday night, crews will close up to two lanes of eastbound and westbound I-90 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Thursday morning to place barriers .
I-405/Coal Creek Parkway Interchange
- Monday through Saturday nights, crews may close one lane of the ramp from southbound I-405 to Coal Creek Parkway and two eastbound lanes of Coal Creek Parkway from 10 p.m. each night to 5 a.m. each following morning to relocate a sewer line.
- Wednesday and Thursday nights, crews will close westbound Coal Creek Parkway under the I-405 bridge from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. each following morning to prepare to build a new column for the bridge expansion over the Parkway.
These closures are necessary for crews to construct WSDOT’s I-405, South Bellevue Widening Project. For more information or to sign up for e-mail updates, visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/i405/.
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