Updated: Friday, May 17
Please visit this page throughout the week, as we continually update it with the latest construction schedule information.
The next weekend closure is scheduled for May 31-June 3. Check out our weekend closure page for more information.
Current construction info:
Check out our May construction activities map! (pdf 3 MB)
Check out our Spring newsletter! (pdf 4.5 MB)
- Monday, May 20 to the morning of Thursday, May 23- Crews will close one lane of westbound SR 520 and one lane of eastbound SR 520 at Bellevue Way from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. for overpass diaphragm work.
- Monday, May 20 to Thursday, May 23 - Crews will flag traffic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on 92nd Avenue Northeast where the road crosses SR 520.
- Monday, May 20 to the morning of Thursday, May 23 - Crews will close one lane of 108th Avenue Northeast between Northup Way and the on-ramp to eastbound SR 520 nightly from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. for utility installation.
Next weekend-long closure:
Visit the King County Construction Update page for construction information around the region.
During the week of May 20 to May 24 there is nighttime work scheduled at several locations throughout the project area:
- Evergreen Point Road: No night work is scheduled.
- Fairweather Basin: No night work is scheduled.
- 84th Avenue Northeast: Crews pave in the median of the SR 520 mainline between 84th Avenue Northeast and 92nd Avenue Northeast.
- 92nd Avenue Northeast: Crews pave in the median of the SR 520 mainline between 84th Avenue Northeast and 92nd Avenue Northeast.
- Bellevue Way: Eastbound off-ramp and wall construction continues night and day. Crews build interior diaphragms at night under the Bellevue Way bridge.
- Northeast Points Drive: No night work is scheduled.
- 108th Avenue Northeast: Underground utility installation, trenching for new westbound off-ramp, and filling potholes continues. Crews will install interior diaphragms on the new overpass over 108th Avenue Northeast.
Nighttime work on the SR 520 mainline
Beginning Monday night, April 22, 2013, once traffic has been shifted to the new eastbound lanes, crews will accelerate work to complete the new westbound highway lanes and keep the project moving forward on schedule. Through the following five weeks, SR 520 corridor neighbors can expect around-the-clock work, Monday through Sunday, throughout the mainline corridor. This work is expected to end in late May.
Read our construction notice (pdf 384 kb) for more information.
Expect short delays on Evergreen Point Road over SR 520 for paving April 24-May 3
Crews are hard at work getting Evergreen Point Road ready to open in its final location. Drivers should prepare for short delays and around-the-clock flagging on Evergreen Point Road from April 24-May 3, 2013, as the new roadway is completed. This shift makes room for crews to complete lid landscaping this summer and the transit facility at the end of 2013.
Read our construction notice (pdf 384 kb) for more information.
Transit Update: 92nd Avenue Northeast eastbound freeway transit stop
There’s good news for Eastside transit riders: on Monday, April 22, 2013, crews will reopen the 92nd Avenue Northeast eastbound freeway transit stop that has been closed for highway construction since summer 2012. We appreciate transit riders’ patience while the stop was closed. It will now remain open until the new median transit stop is operational at the end of construction. This was scheduled to occur in March but was postponed when rain prevented weekend closures.
Read our flyer (pdf 568 kb) for more information.
Traffic Revision: 108th Avenue Northeast on-ramp to westbound SR 520
Beginning May 30, 2012, drivers will see a change at the 108th Avenue Northeast entrance to westbound SR 520. Here are the details:
Northbound 108th Avenue Northeast to westbound SR 520:
- This access will be closed permanently.
- Drivers will instead access westbound SR 520 at Bellevue Way, via Northup Way.
Southbound 108th Avenue Northeast to westbound SR 520:
We are making this change for construction of the new on-ramp and a fish-friendly culvert underneath 108th Avenue Northeast. When complete in late 2013, the new 108th Avenue Northeast interchange will include direct-access ramps for buses and carpools traveling in both directions on 108th Avenue Northeast.
Changes to SR 520 west of 92nd Avenue Northeast
Effective April 30, 2012, we are closing the westbound bus-only lane between 92nd Avenue Northeast and Evergreen Point Road flyer stops. This change will be in effect until the new median transit stops and HOV lanes are opened, targeted for December 2013.
Closing the bus-only lane in this location allows vehicles entering SR 520 at 84th Avenue Northeast to accelerate and merge more effectively. Tolling on the SR 520 floating bridge has resulted in reduced volumes in the general purpose lanes, and traffic analysis shows that moving buses into the general purpose lanes will not adversely affect bus or general purpose travel times during project construction.
We're making this change because we widened a median work zone near 84th Avenue Northeast to construct a pier wall for new overpass at that location—a change that leaves less space for mainline vehicles and vehicles entering SR 520 from the 84th Avenue Northeast on-ramp.
Westbound buses, carpools, vanpools and motorcycles are required to merge into the general purpose lanes east of the new median work zone to make room for drivers entering the highway at the 84th Avenue Northeast on-ramp.
Changes to Bellevue Way Northeast
Drivers that use Bellevue Way Northeast near SR 520 should anticipate a few changes to the interchange. Check our Bellevue Way Northeast fact sheet (pdf 630 kb) for more details.
Points Loop Trail detour
The Points Loop Trail is closed between Evergreen Point Road and 92nd Avenue Northeast for up to two years while crews construct project improvements. Bicyclists and pedestrians will be detoured to Northeast 28th Street and Northeast Points Drive.