The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is encouraging people heading to various Seattle-area events this weekend, including Pride festivities, the Bellevue Strawberry Festival or Shoreline Arts Festival, to plan ahead for the weekend’s closure of SR 520 and to take alternative routes, such as I-90, or use transit or carpools.
The I-90 express lanes will open in the westbound direction at 7 a.m. Saturday, June 27, and remain open westbound throughout the closure of SR 520.
Construction of a temporary, westbound off-ramp to Montlake Boulevard in Seattle is the key driver behind the highway closure, scheduled from 11 p.m. Friday, June 26, to 5 a.m. Monday, June 29.
SR 520 closure details
- All lanes of SR 520 will close, in both directions, from 11 p.m. Friday, June 26, to 5 a.m. Monday, June 29. The eastbound ramps and lanes, including the Portage Bay Bridge, will close from Interstate 5 to 92nd Avenue Northeast. The westbound lanes and ramps will close from 92nd Avenue Northeast to Montlake Boulevard. Crews also will close a single northbound lane on Montlake Boulevard.
- During the weekend closure, crews also will install new tolling equipment along SR 520’s westbound lanes on the Eastside near 84th Avenue Northeast. Other weekend work includes improvements to the eastbound SR 520 ramps to and from Montlake Boulevard, as well as utility installation in the Montlake area.
For up-to-date information on highway closures and construction activity associated with SR 520, please visit the SR 520 Orange Page and follow the project on Twitter.
