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I-405 - Renton - Slide Repair and Culvert Replacement - Project Facts

Traffic numbers

Average number of vehicles using I-405 daily between SR 167 and SR 169:

  • northbound I-405: 70,000
  • southbound I-5: 70,000
  • Total: 140,000

Average number of vehicles using the northbound SR 167 ramp to northbound I-405 daily:  26,000


Construction numbers

Length and depth of the culvert underneath I-405:  400 feet long and 60 feet deep

Number of pumps needed to divert Thunder Hills Creek away from the collapsed culvert:  15

Capacity of each pump:  4,000 gallons a minute.

Total capacity of all 15 pumps:  60,000 gallons a minute, or enough to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool every four minutes

Length of pipeline that will carry Thunder Hills Creek while crews are installing the new culvert:  2000 feet