Date:
Monday, December 17, 2007
Contact:
Colleen Gants, I-405 Communications, 206.465.2311
Greg Phipps, WSDOT Communications, 206.440.4702
RENTON - Crews will open all lanes of northbound Interstate 405 between State Route 169 and SR 167 in Renton at 5 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16 for the weekday morning commute. The lanes will remain open until 10 a.m. when crews will close the right hand northbound I-405 lane.
This pattern of closing the right hand northbound lane from 10 a.m. until 5 a.m. the next morning will continue for up to two weeks. When the lane is closed, the HOV lane will be open to all traffic, allowing two through lanes on I-405 in the work zone.
During the weekends, the lane closure will be 24 hours a day.
This weekend, crews closed lanes and worked around the clock to lay the pipe for a 2000-foot long pump and drainage system to keep Thunder Hills Creek away from a collapsed culvert that runs under all lanes of I-405. The collapsed culvert caused a sinkhole to open up last week, just 12 feet from the southbound shoulder of I-405.
As the emergency repair work continues, traffic will be congested in the area of the work zone. WSDOT advises drivers to:
- Know before you go: check the WSDOT Web site at http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/
- Pay extra attention when driving through work zones
- Use alternate routes and avoid using I-405
- Carpool or take transit
- Consolidate trips as much as possible
- Arrange with employers to work from home or take time off.
We have created a Web page that has more detailed explanation of our work. www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/i405/RentonCulvertReplacement
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