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A regional project beginning in March 2024 updated 24 guardrails and attenuators along Interstates 5, 90 and 405, US 2 and State Routes 522 and 527 in King, Snohomish and Whatcom counties. The breakaway cable terminals, or guardrail protective end caps, face oncoming traffic. This project also…

After SR 99 in Seattle was aligned to run through the SR 99 tunnel, the Battery Street Tunnel was decommissioned and filled and the tunnel's northern approach built into a new arterial street (Seventh Avenue North) featuring bus lanes and reconnected intersections.

Washington State Ferries is replacing the aging and seismically vulnerable Colman Dock in Seattle to maintain its critical role as a regional multimodal transportation hub.

Key project elements include: a concrete and steel trestle, main terminal building, entry building (with retail…

In winter 2023, our contractor began a project on the I-405 corridor, in Tukwila and Bellevue, to strengthen several overpasses so they can better withstand a major earthquake. They will place steel "jackets" around columns that support overpasses to help keep the concrete together in an…

The I-405/Brickyard to SR 527 Improvement Project enhances four and a half miles of the corridor, primarily in Bothell, from just south of the State Route 522 interchange and ending at the SR 527 interchange. WSDOT, Sound Transit and design-build contractor Skanska USA Inc., will deliver…

In fall 2023, contractor crews started construction to replace the damaged northern span of the Lind Avenue Southwest bridge over southbound Interstate 405 in Renton. The Lind Avenue overpass is now back open.

WSDOT and design-build contractor Graham Contracting, Ltd. will construct a new on-ramp to northbound I-405 and a new off-ramp from southbound I-405 at Northeast 132nd Street in Kirkland. This type of interchange is known as a half-diamond. After this project is complete, travelers will have the…

WSDOT, Sound Transit, and design-build contractor Graham Contracting, Ltd. are working to reconstruct and improve the I-405/Northeast 85th Street interchange. This project design supports Sound Transit's Stride Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), improves transit connections on Northeast 85th Street, and…

Travelers on Interstate 405 between Renton and Bellevue experience one of the state’s worst commutes. The I-405/Renton to Bellevue Widening and Express Toll Lanes project includes multimodal transportation and safety improvements to offer more reliable travel choices and keep drivers, transit…

The Ripley Lane Stream Connection Project is part of a series of fish barrier corrections planned by WSDOT for the I-405/SR 167 corridor. The Ripley Lane Stream Connection Project will construct new stream channels by combining two culverts into one open channel. We determined that the proposed…

We improved mobility on I-5 through Seattle by moving barrier on a 1,500-foot section and creating three through lanes near Seneca Street, adding ramp meters for the Dearborn/I-90 and Cherry Street on-ramps and extending the Active Traffic and Demand Management system north to SR 520.

This two-year rehabilitation project replaced 56 expansion joints and repaved 1.25 miles of southbound I-5 between I-90 and Spokane Street. This project is one of dozens that make up Revive I-5, which will rehabilitate the I-5 corridor in the King County area in the next 10 years.

This project has been suspended. There is no timeline for when it may resume.

We rehabilitated both directions of Interstate 5 between the Duwamish River and Lucile Street in Seattle. Crews replaced hundreds of panels, completed grinding on the highway to eliminate high spots and repaired the expansion joints on the northbound and southbound I-5 overpasses above Military…

Reconnecting waterways where roads act as barriers is a priority for the state. In western Washington, this means building hundreds of fish-passable structures under state highways to create habitat that is essential for meeting fish recovery goals.

Three culverts in the…

Through summer 2023, our contractor crews strengthened three bridges on Interstate 5 so they can better withstand a major earthquake. They wrapped steel “jackets” around the columns that support the bridges to hold the concrete together in an earthquake, reducing the chance of collapse. They also…

This project will build a noise wall along southbound Interstate 5 from East Edgar Street to Franklin Avenue East. Contractor crews working for WSDOT will construct a new noise wall to abate noise from the I-5 express lanes just south of the Ship Canal Bridge between Lake Union and Portage Bay.

We installed new overhead ramp meters at the Swift Avenue South, South Michigan Street/South Bailey Street and Northeast 50th Street on-ramps to northbound Interstate 5 in Seattle. The new ramp meters regulate both the general purpose lanes and the HOV lanes. They replaced existing ramp meters that…

People who use the interchange at I-5 and SR 523 (North 145th Street) in Shoreline need safe and efficient ways to move through this area, using all modes of transportation. This will be increasingly important with the arrival of Sound Transit Link light rail and the new Shoreline South/148th…

This project will remove a fish passage barrier along Thornton Creek under Interstate 5 near State Route 523/NE 145th Avenue in Shoreline. Contractor crews working for WSDOT will replace the two existing 2,000-foot-long, 6-foot culverts with three fish-passable structures. The current culverts are…

This project will remove three barriers to fish passage along two Unnamed Tributaries to Silver Lake and an Unnamed Tributary to Penny Creek under Interstate 5 near 112th Street Southeast in Everett. Contractor crews working for WSDOT will remove existing culverts and replace them with fish-…

We will rehabilitate Interstate 5 between Yesler Way in Seattle and the Northgate vicinity with new concrete panels, pavement, expansion joints and deck repaving through downtown Seattle and Lake Washington Ship Canal Bridge. In summer 2024, Guy F. Atkinson Construction was selected as the design-…

This project adds capacity for both directions of I-90 between Eastgate and West Lake Sammamish Parkway interchanges by restriping the roadway and adding an auxiliary lane. Crews also built sound walls in strategic locations to minimize traffic noise.

As part of the state's fish recovery efforts, WSDOT has made it a priority to reconnect waterways where our roads act as barriers to fish passage. In western Washington, that means building hundreds of fish passable structures under state highways in the next decade to create habitat gain…

In Spring 2022, contractor crews working for WSDOT will begin replacing the 38 steel anchor cables on the Lacey V. Murrow and Homer M. Hadley Memorial floating bridge across Interstate 90. Work is expected to be complete this fall.

The I-90/Judkins Park Station—Reconnecting Communities study will identify and recommend changes to the WSDOT I-90 ramps at Rainier Avenue South to improve safe travel for all modes and increase access to the Judkins Park Link light rail station via transit transfer, walking, and biking.
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Several blocked culverts below Interstate 90 and State Route 202 in east King County are a barrier to fish migration and will be replaced with new, larger culverts beginning in 2025. Contractor crews working for WSDOT will replace three culverts under I-90 in Preston and one culvert under SR 202…

Reconnecting waterways where our roads act as barriers is a priority for the state. In western Washington, that means building hundreds of fish passable structures under state highways to create habitat essential for meeting fish recovery goals. Beginning in 2025, WSDOT will build multiple…

Growth in Snoqualmie Valley has made the I-90/SR 18 interchange one of the busiest in the state, causing backups during peak times and busy travel weekends. To improve traffic flow, WSDOT is building a diverging diamond interchange and adding two lanes on SR 18 between the interchange and Deep…

The project has four locations: Interstate 90 at Issaquah Creek and tributaries, State Route 202 at Little Bear Creek, SR 203 at Thayer Creek, and SR 900 at Green Creek. Each project will enhance fish habitat and allow for fish passage by adding meander bars, modifying stream bed material,…