Express lanes
Find schedule information and view a map of the I-5 express lanes.
The I-5 express lanes help traffic flow during busy travel times. These lanes move in the direction that will relieve the most congestion and are on a typical daily schedule that changes on weekends and occasionally for major events.
I-5 express lanes schedule
Monday-Friday
- Southbound - 5 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- Northbound - 11:15 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Closed: 11 p.m. - 5 a.m.
Saturday & Sunday
- Southbound - 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Northbound - 1:45 p.m. to 11 p.m.
- Closed: 11 p.m. - 8 a.m.
Special events schedule
I-5 express lanes will fully close on these dates at 8 p.m. for work on the I-5 Seneca project
Monday January 31 through Thursday February 3, and Monday February 7 through Thursday February 10, nightly. They will reopen each morning at their normal time.
I-5 express lanes map
Traffic fatality crashes on Washington public roadways
increased 56% in March 2021 compared to March 2020.
11,906 incidents responded to
by WSDOT’s incident Response teams during the third quarter of 2021, nearly 6% more than same quarter in 2020.
WSF ridership was nearly 5.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022,
which was 1.6 million (38.3%) higher than the corresponding quarter in FY2021