As its Montlake interchange project enters the homestretch, the Washington State Department of Transportation will close all six lanes and the walk-bike trail of Highway 520 this weekend. The shutdown extends from I-5 in Seattle to 92nd Avenue Northeast near the east shore of Lake Washington, between 11 p.m.
Friday, June 14, and 5 a.m. Monday, June 17.
Contractors will work on high-occupancy exit ramps at the partly landscaped Montlake lid, where express buses will quickly enter or exit the highway. There will also be lane paving, utility work and the installation of an overhead sign frame, project spokesperson Steve Peer said. Montlake Boulevard East will stay open for north-south local travel.
WSDOT expects to need four additional weekend closures in July and August before the lid and interchange are finished, marking another stage completed in the state’s two-decade, $5.6 billion highway replacement. In other travel updates:.
