Date:
Friday, September 21, 2007
Contact:
Lisa Hodgson, Project Engineer, (425) 282-6826 (Renton)
Demis Foster, WSDOT Communications, (425) 456-8624 (Bellevue)
RENTON – Saturday night, crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will paint stripes on southbound SR 167 in Renton. Crews will close two out of three lanes overnight to stripe and temporarily shift lanes to the left, to make room for widening work on the right side of the highway. Construction closures affecting I-405 and SR 167 traffic in Renton and Tukwila the week of September 23-29 include:
SR 167 Mainline
- Saturday night, September 22, WSDOT crews will close up to two southbound lanes on SR 167 between I-405 and S. 41st St. to restripe lanes. The first lane will close at 10 p.m. and all lanes will reopen by 11 a.m. Sunday morning.
- Sunday through Thursday nights, September 23-28 crews will close up to two southbound lanes on SR 167 between I-405 and S. 41st St. to install electrical lines and concrete barriers. Crews will close the first lane at 8 p.m. and will reopen all lanes by 6 a.m. each following morning.
I-405 Mainline
- Saturday night, September 22, crews will close one southbound HOV lane between the 61st Ave. S. overpass (just east of I-5) and the I-405/SR 169 Interchange to conduct survey work. The lane will be closed from 11 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday.
I-5 Mainline
- Tuesday through Thursday nights, crews will close the northbound and southbound outside shoulders of I-5 near the S. 188 St. Interchange from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. to load concrete barriers. Drivers should be aware of workers in the shoulder.
The I-405 Renton Widening Project, officially known as the I-405/I-5 to SR 169 Stage 1 - Widening Project, is the first stage of improvements on I-405 between I-5 and State Route 169 (Maple Valley Highway). This work will help relieve congestion at one of the worst I-405 bottlenecks by adding lanes and improving merging conditions for the drive in and out of Renton and Tukwila.
To help avoid traffic congestion during construction, WSDOT encourages drivers to:
For more information on WSDOT’s I-405 Renton Widening Project or to sign up for e-mail updates, visit http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/i405/I5toSR169
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