http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/ Copyright WSDOT 2008. All rights reserved. bertraj@wsdot.wa.gov (Jeremy Bertrand) Washington State Department of Transportation Sun, 26 May 2013 05:53:53 GMT 15 http://wsdot.wa.gov/Public/images/nav/wsdot2g4.gif http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/ Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:50:12 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/2012FederalDiscretionaryGrants.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/2012FederalDiscretionaryGrants.htm Washington transportation projects awarded federal grants Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:35:12 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/31_I90ClosuresForSeafair2012.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/31_I90ClosuresForSeafair2012.htm As Seafair heads into full swing with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels air shows, traffic from the Interstate 90 floating bridges will have to take alternate routes daily from Thursday, Aug. 2, to Sunday, Aug. 5, while the bridges are closed. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:20:54 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/31_sr542pavingbegins.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/31_sr542pavingbegins.htm Crews will repave three miles of Mount Baker Highway (State Route 542) east of Glacier this summer between Fossil Creek and Wells Creek Road (mileposts 38-41). The work will begin Tuesday, Aug. 7, and continue through mid-September. Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:30:00 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/27_SR522Blasting.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/27_SR522Blasting.htm MONROE – Crews will begin moving mountains next week in an effort to make way for two new westbound lanes on State Route 522 in Monroe. Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:06:20 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/27_SCIP_I5Closures.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/27_SCIP_I5Closures.htm VANCOUVER – Crews are one step away from opening a new lane on southbound Interstate 5 and wrapping up widening work on the Salmon Creek Interchange Project – but that last step is going to be a hurdle for drivers. Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:31:00 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/26_520Pontoons_in_Aberdeen.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/26_520Pontoons_in_Aberdeen.htm ABERDEEN – Six massive concrete pontoons – some of the largest ever built in Washington – will float out from Aberdeen next week, a major step toward assembling a replacement State Route 520 floating bridge later this summer. Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:57:59 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/aviationseniorplanner.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/aviationseniorplanner.htm Robert Hodgman was recently named the new aviation senior planner for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:15:32 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/25_FederalRulingInWSDOT_Favor.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/25_FederalRulingInWSDOT_Favor.htm SEATTLE – Just two weeks after the case was argued in court, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn the Washington State Department of Transportation’s environmental analysis of a new State Route 520 bridge. U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo S. Martinez issued the ruling July 25, rejecting an effort by a group to force further analysis of alternative designs for improvements to the SR 520 corridor from Seattle to Medina. Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:51:22 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/23_SR99Torchlight.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/23_SR99Torchlight.htm This weekend’s Seafair fun combined with construction closures, including the State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct, could mean traffic delays and downtown reroutes for Metro buses. Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:27:43 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/23_AutomatedExpressLanes.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/23_AutomatedExpressLanes.htm SEATTLE - If time is money, then the Washington State Department of Transportation’s newly automated Interstate 5 express lanes in Seattle are certainly a good investment. Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:11:38 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/23_sr18i5secondflyover.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/23_sr18i5secondflyover.htm FEDERAL WAY – One week after the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) opened a new direct connection between State Route 18 and Interstate 5 in Federal Way, a second ramp opened just before noon today. The new flyover ramp carries vehicles from eastbound SR 18 to northbound I-5. Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:20:08 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/23_sr542artistpointopens.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/23_sr542artistpointopens.htm The road to Artist Point was buried under 20 to 30 feet of snow when crews began clearing Mount Baker Highway in early June. Since then, they have pushed, plowed and blown their way up the mountain to clear the scenic route and vista. The road will open Tuesday, July 24, for the first time since 2010. Sat, 21 Jul 2012 06:41:00 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/20SR285ThirdSellarPjtBegins.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/20SR285ThirdSellarPjtBegins.htm The last of three congestion relief projects on Wenatchee's Senator George Sellar Bridge, totalling more than $60 million that began in 2009 gets underway Monday with these west end improvements that will be complete in the fall of 2013. Sat, 21 Jul 2012 02:28:00 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/20_sr520CTCpontoons.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/20_sr520CTCpontoons.htm The first six concrete pontoons to support a replacement State Route 520 bridge are ready to float out of a construction facility in Tacoma starting Monday, July 23, marking a major milestone toward replacing the aging and vulnerable floating bridge. Thu, 19 Jul 2012 05:27:31 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/18_nightAWVclosures.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/18_nightAWVclosures.htm SEATTLE – Drivers traveling through downtown Seattle should prepare for nighttime closures of the southbound State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct. For the next several months, the closures will give crews the space they need to reinforce a two-block section of the viaduct that sits above the route of the future SR 99 tunnel. Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:37:23 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/ADAreportingtools.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/ADAreportingtools.htm New tools ease public reporting of access, ADA accommodation matters Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:33:05 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/18_TollVendorSettlement.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/18_TollVendorSettlement.htm Toll vendor Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) has agreed to a $6.4 million settlement compensating the state for the damages associated to delays in starting tolling on State Route 520 last year. Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:04:04 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/17_vets_grant.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/17_vets_grant.htm Washington’s military veterans and their families will have better information about and access to reliable transportation options thanks to four federal grants totaling more than $400,000. Hopelink, Paratransit Services, Human Services Council and Pierce County Community Connections will use the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grants to make existing transportation options for vets just a mouse click or a phone call away. Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:07:32 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/17_SR3SlideRepair.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/17_SR3SlideRepair.htm SR 3 slide repairs begin Monday Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:32:02 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/17_EarlyH2K.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/17_EarlyH2K.htm The southern half of Seattle's State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct is gone, a vanishing act performed by demolition crews last fall about six months ahead of schedule. Now comes the encore: completion this fall of the new SR 99 south of downtown. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:06:57 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/16_SR520_Reopened.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/16_SR520_Reopened.htm SEATTLE – The State Route 520 floating bridge reopened today, capping off a weekend of inspections, maintenance work and major construction. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:53:58 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/16_SR18I5FlyoverRamps.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/16_SR18I5FlyoverRamps.htm FEDERAL WAY – Sometimes the best way to avoid a traffic jam is to fly over it. That’s exactly what drivers will do in Federal Way once two new elevated ramps open between Interstate 5 and State Route 18. Sat, 14 Jul 2012 05:34:12 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/13US2TuesdayRockfallDelays.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/13US2TuesdayRockfallDelays.htm Next Tuesday, a rock slope stabilization project west of the US 2 Stevens Pass summit will require occasional closures of at least ten minutes while crews bring down some very large unstable boulders from the mountainside above the highway. Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:28:01 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/12_SR520_OpenHouse.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/12_SR520_OpenHouse.htm SEATTLE – Conceptual models of future lidded overpasses above State Route 520 in Seattle will be featured at an open house Monday, July 16, as the Washington State Department of Transportation continues designing elements along the planned six-lane corridor in Seattle. Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:28:16 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/12_LaneClosuresI-5WideningCentralia.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/12_LaneClosuresI-5WideningCentralia.htm CENTRALIA – Construction work to improve Interstate 5 in Centralia has been in progress since early June, but so far, drivers may not have noticed. Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:18:19 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/11_us395columbiariverbridge.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/11_us395columbiariverbridge.htm Repair work starts July 23 on the US 395/SR20 Columbia River bridge at Kettle Falls Drivers can expect a full-time temporary traffic signal and up to 20 overnight closures Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:32:12 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/10_I-5ExitToTacomaCityCenterOpens.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/10_I-5ExitToTacomaCityCenterOpens.htm I-5 exit to Tacoma city center reopens Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:30:54 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/10_520WeekendClosure.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/10_520WeekendClosure.htm SEATTLE – Get ready for another weekend of traffic congestion as crews close State Route 520 between Montlake Boulevard in Seattle and Interstate 405 in Bellevue for major highway construction and annual floating bridge maintenance. The bridge and highway will be closed from 11 p.m. Friday, July 13, through 5 a.m. Monday, July 16. Traffic is expected to be heavier on alternate routes, especially I-90, as drivers head into Seattle for the Seattle-to-Portland bicycle ride, Mariners games, the m Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:53:08 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/10_2012STPride.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/10_2012STPride.htm Pedaling more than 200 miles might sound painful, but those gearing up for the Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic this weekend look forward to it all year. Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:44:40 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/09_AASHTOAward.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/09_AASHTOAward.htm Delivering value for transportation dollars was among attributes cited in a national award presented today to WSDOT for building three new ferries under budget. Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:54:57 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/06_i5sr539pavinginbellingham.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/06_i5sr539pavinginbellingham.htm A number of rough and bumpy spots on Interstate 5 and Guide Meridian (State Route 539) in Bellingham will be smoother by next weekend. Maintenance crews plan to repair and repave several areas next week, and that means nightly lane and ramp closures for drivers. Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:45:52 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/05_i5pavementrepairs.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/05_i5pavementrepairs.htm Clearer skies and warmer weather are back – and that’s good news for Granite Construction crews working to repair and repave Interstate 5 between Burlington and Lake Samish. The dry, warm weather means crews can finish the job they started last year for the Washington State Department of Transportation. Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:09:34 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/05_SR502ConstructionBegins.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/05_SR502ConstructionBegins.htm BATTLE GROUND – Construction on several environmental sites gets under way this week to prepare State Route 502 for widening next year. Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:26:38 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/05_SR520BridgeOpenings.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/05_SR520BridgeOpenings.htm Drawspan openings on the State Route SR 520 floating bridge should cause fewer delays for rush-hour traffic with rules revised in response to commuters and traffic. Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:22:52 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/3_SR7SlideClosesRoad.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/3_SR7SlideClosesRoad.htm SR 7 slide continues to close roadway in Pierce County. Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:04:03 GMT http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/03_SCIP_NorthI-5LaneOpens.htm http://wsdot.wa.gov/News/2012/07/03_SCIP_NorthI-5LaneOpens.htm Crews building the Salmon Creek Interchange Project will open a brand-new lane on northbound Interstate 5 at 6 a.m. tomorrow, July 4, for smoother traffic between Salmon Creek and the Clark County fairgrounds.