VANCOUVER – With nearly 40 percent more traffic using eastbound State Route 14 in east Vancouver over the last 20 years, traffic backups and delays are a common occurrence between the on-ramps from Interstate 205 to eastbound State Route 14.
Travelers should plan ahead and allow extra travel time for Labor Day Weekend travel
Next month travelers will need to plan ahead to navigate back-to-back weekend-long closures of State Route 9 at 108th Street Northeast. During each of the two closures, contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will build one-half of a single-lane roundabout at the intersection.
OAK HARBOR – As summer quietly winds to an end, work to repaint two of Washington’s historic bridges cranks up.
For drivers who regularly experience congestion on Interstate 405 between Renton and Bellevue, help is on the way. On Wednesday, Aug. 21, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced the award of a design-build contract to start construction on the I-405, Renton to Bellevue Widening and Express Toll Lanes project.
Community members and local businesses are invited to learn about the preferred final design for a project to improve safety at State Route 104 and Shine/Paradise Bay Roads in Jefferson County.
Work on Tunnel Creek drainage will require blasting.
Travelers who use eastbound State Route 500 in Vancouver will need to use an alternate route this weekend. Beginning on Friday, Aug. 16, contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will close all lanes of eastbound SR 500 between Northeast Thurston Way and Interstate 5, as part of a project to pave this vital stretch of roadway.
Keller Ferry users will get a two-week reprieve on a terminal repair project closure, with work now starting in September. Initially, the 14-day closure and repair was scheduled to be complete by Aug. 30, but delays in obtaining materials have pushed back that work.The ferry vessel M/V Sanpoil will now be out of service for two weeks in mid-September.
Weekday daytime construction is beginning on a series of projects along State Route 302 near Purdy, which will lay the groundwork for some major work – and a three-weekend closure of the Purdy Spit Bridge – next summer.
