If you use Interstate 90 to drive across Lake Washington, intermittent lane closures could affect your travel this week.
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is installing new electronic signage along the Mercer Island overpass, and lanes will be closed at various locations during the evenings.
The closures are as follows:
Monday, Feb. 21; Wednesday, Feb. 23 - the morning of Friday, Feb. 25:
- Eastbound I-90 at the Mount Baker Tunnel will close for construction work. The first lane will close at 7 p.m., the second at 9 p.m. and the third at 11 p.m. All lanes will reopen by 4 a.m. Traffic will be re-routed into the express lanes.
- The on-ramp from northbound I-5 to eastbound I-90 will close each night from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. for construction work.
- The on-ramps from both directions of Rainier Avenue South to eastbound I-90 will close each night from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. for construction work.
Monday, Feb. 21 - the morning of Friday, Feb. 25
- Up to three lanes on westbound I-90 in various locations from 150th Avenue SE to Eighth Avenue South could close nightly for construction work. The first lanes will close at 7 p.m., then 9 p.m., and finally the third lane will close at 11 p.m. All lanes will reopen by 5 a.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 22
- Up to three lanes on eastbound I-90 in various locations from Eighth Avenue South to 150th Avenue Southeast could close nightly for construction work. The first lanes will close at 7 p.m. then 9 p.m. and finally the third lane will close at 11 p.m. All lanes will reopen by 5 a.m.
Contact WSDOT Project Engineer Jennifer Charlebois for more information at 206-716-1106.
