WSDOT Projects

In 2005, while crews working for WSDOT made improvements and repairs to highways and bridges in Snohomish County we kept you informed.

Past e-mail updates from the year are posted here in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (.pdf) and are less than 50 kb in size each. You will need Adobe Reader to read these documents.

Edition 9, December 30, 2005 (pdf 30kb)
In This Issue:

• Four overnight I-5 closures in Everett to set giant girders starting January 9; Plan for detours and delays
• See your commute before you hit the road; Cameras up and rolling on US2 and SR 9

• I-5 Smokey Point Bridge Near Arlington Opens Two Months Early
• Weather Delays Final Touch on US 2, Plan for Night Work to Place Temporary Striping
• How to Learn More about Highway Construction in Snohomish County

• We need your help: avoid Thanksgiving cross-Cascades travel and tell your family and friends
• I-90 Snoqualmie rock slide frustrates hard-working crews
• Expect significant traffic delays on all Cascades passes during Thanksgiving
• We need your help: avoid Thanksgiving cross-Cascades travel and tell your family and friends
• We’re making extra efforts to keep travelers safe on Cascades passes; drivers must be prepared

• I-5 Everett Expansion Crews Continue Night Grinding; Drivers Can Expect Shifted Southbound Traffic & Local Street Delays
• New Bridge Over I-5 in Smokey Point Takes Form
• Crews Wrap Up Paving on US 2 in Monroe, Two Way Left-Turn Lanes Replaced with U-Turns
• Plans for the Improved I-5/SR 532 Interchange Available Online
• Learn About the I-5 South Everett Freeway Station Project and Provide Comments at Our Environmental Hearing
• How to Learn More about Highway Construction in Snohomish County

• I-5 Lanes Closed Overnight in Everett While Crews Smooth Freeway Surface
• New Lanes on Bothell-Everett Highway to Open in December
• Crews Start Work on SR 9 Improvements
• How to Learn More about Highway Construction in Snohomish County

• WSDOT Kicks Off Widening Project on SR 9 this Month
• Transit Ramps Open to Buses at Ash Way Park & Ride
• Workers Lay Foundation for the New SR 522 Bridge and Fish Habitats
• South Half of the Smokey Point Bridge Goes Up
• Paving Work Complete on SR 524 in Lynnwood
• Crews Break Ground on Major I-5 Expansion in Everett
• How to Learn More about Highway Construction in Snohomish County

• Construction to Expand I-5 Through Everett Begins: Groundbreaking
• Ceremony September 9
• I-5 Everett: Crews Test New Machine to Minimize Ghost Stripes
• Overnight Closures on I-5 in Everett
• Nighttime Pavement Work Begins on US 2 near Monroe
• SR 9 Widening: Trees Reused To Help Salmon
• Watch for Intermittent Weekday Closures on SR 9
• SR 527 Widening: Workers Pave Way for Drivers
• How to Learn More about Highway Construction in Snohomish County

Edition 2, August 29, 2005 (pdf 46 kb)
In This Issue:

• I-5 Everett HOV crews gears up for construction; work starts this month
• Progress continues on future SR 522 bridge over Fales/Echo Lake Road
• State Route 9 widening work underway, drivers should expect delays
• Setting final girders next step for Smokey Point bridge over I-5
• Paving and widening work on SR 527 continues
• Crews finishing pavement marking on new sound transit ramps at Ash Way

Edition 1, August 10, 2005 (pdf 42 kb)
In This Issue:

• Ash Way nighttime closures on I-5 continue
• SR 9 - Expect intermittent daytime closures
• SR 527 - Drivers can expect more daytime closures
• Construction updates
  • I-5/Smokey Point interchange
  • I-5 HOV lane expansion design-build project
  • SR 9 Widening: SR 522 to SR 524
  • Silver Lake—SR 527 widening