Traffic Headaches Abound This Weekend Around Seattle: What To Know

SEATTLE — Drivers could have one other busy weekend of roadwork to cope with across the Seattle space this weekend, together with a full closure of westbound Interstate 90 on Mercer Island and two initiatives scheduled on Interstate 5.

The Washington State Division of Transportation requested drivers to plan forward because the closures coincide with a number of main occasions, together with dwelling video games for the Seahawks and Huskies, together with concert events scheduled at Local weather Pledge Enviornment and WAMU Theater. Officers stated the I-90 closure was presupposed to occur earlier in the summertime however provide chain points compelled a timeline change.

“[E]specifically in case you’re touring into Seattle from the east facet, concentrate on the I-90 closure,” WSDOT warned Wednesday. “Even the Seahawks are going to need to take an alternate route. These initiatives are too giant to get completed simply through in a single day closures, and we’re attending to the tip of the nice and cozy, dry season so we’re working to get as a lot completed as we will.”

• Some westbound lane closures will start at 2 p.m. Thursday forward of a full westbound closure scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Friday on the west facet of Mercer Island. All westbound lanes will stay closed till the Monday morning commute. The trail for pedestrians and cyclists will stay open.
• Drivers heading west throughout Lake Washington might want to use State Route 520 or Interstate 405.

Interstate 5 (SR 520/I-5 Categorical Lanes Connection Undertaking)

• The southbound exit to Mercer Avenue will shut from 9 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday.
• The categorical lanes will likely be totally closed beginning at 11 p.m. Friday, reopening by 4 a.m.Monday.

Drivers can comply with updates on the closures through WSDOT’s Twitter feeds and site visitors app.