I-5

Route ID
005

Longstanding Bellingham landmark to be relocated to replace culvert as part of I-5 fish passage project

WSDOT evaluated multiple options to find long-term placement in coordination with partners

BELLINGHAM – As part of a project to restore fish passage at Friday, Lake and Chuckanut creeks near Bellingham, the Washington State Department of Transportation will relocate the well-known Bellingham Rock starting as early as Monday, April 20. Bellingham Rock has served as a community billboard along Interstate 5 for more than five decades.

Southbound I-5 set for return to three lanes Friday, March 6, near Stanwood after new culvert installed

Secret Creek fish passage project reaches second major milestone

STANWOOD – The Interstate 5/Secret Creek Fish Passage project near Stanwood is expected to reach its second major milestone in less than a month, weather permitting, on Friday, March 6. Southbound I-5 traffic will shift from a temporary two-lane bypass roadway in the median back to its usual three-lane configuration on the mainline freeway during an overnight rolling slowdown beginning Thursday night, March 5.

1,557 work zone-related crashes

were recorded on state highways in 2025.

542 people were injured

in 2025 due to work zone-related crashes. 

29% increase in fatality collisions

in work zones from 2024 to 2025.