The ramp closure will be in place around
the clock until December, and a signed detour will be provided for motorists.
Additional overnight lane and ramp
closures will also take place next week on I-5, I-705 and State Route 7 as
crews finish creating a protected work area.
Beginning at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2,
crews will close the left lane and shoulder of northbound I-5 near M Street.
The lane closure will be in place overnight until 5 a.m., Wednesday, Sept.
3.
The I-705 and State Route 7 on-ramps to
northbound I-5 will close overnight from 11 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, until 5
a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4. The two right northbound I-5 lanes will also close
between M Street and Portland Avenue for the same hours.
Three lanes of southbound I-5, plus the
Portland Avenue on-ramp and I-705 and SR 7 off-ramps, will close overnight
beginning at 11 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 until 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5. The
closures will allow crews to remove and replace pavement markings.
As a reminder, southbound I-5 between
Yakima Street and State Route 16 is reduced from four to three general-purpose
lanes around the clock for approximately six weeks. Crews have closed the left
lane so the median can be rebuilt to carry traffic through the area during
future traffic shifts.
Stay
informed of traffic impacts by visiting Tacomatraffic.com, WSDOT’s traffic alerts and construction
update
webpages, and following WSDOT’s regional Twitter account.
Hyperlinks
within the release:
- Tacoma Traffic.com Web page:
- http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/construction/pugetsound/tacoma.htm
- I-5 M Street to Portland Avenue – HOV Web page:
- http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/piercecountyhov/i5_msttoportland/
- Traffic alerts:
- http://www.wsdot.com/traffic/trafficalerts/
- Olympic Region weekly construction and traffic updates Web page:
- http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Regions/Olympic/Construction/
- Twitter @wsdot_tacoma
- https://twitter.com/wsdot_tacoma
