Interstate 5 <\/a>in the Kent, Des Moines and SeaTac areas.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nCrews will start closing the lanes at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 29. By 10 p.m., southbound I-5 will be reduced to the two left lanes, starting just south of State Route 518 and ending near SR 516.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Then, on Sunday, they\u2019ll shake it all about and switch traffic to the two right lanes. All lanes will reopen by 5 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Switching a work zone from one side of I-5 to the other can be a bit tricky. Crews will move a lot of orange traffic barrels, all while keeping traffic moving. That\u2019s what the crews will do this weekend between 6 and 10 a.m. Sunday, depending on how quickly crews complete paving the right lanes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When crews are shifting traffic from the left to the right, drivers should expect big backups and delays. A better bet will be to use alternate routes like I-405 and State Routes 99, 167 and 518.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Drivers should also consider traveling early in the morning, taking transit or carpooling or postponing travel. If you choose to stick with I-5, bring your patience and give yourself plenty of extra travel time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, crews will take the weekend of Aug. 6-7 off so they don\u2019t interfere with Seafair traffic, but then are back to work for the final two closure weekends. On Aug. 12-15, crews will perform expansion joint replacement and drainage work on southbound I-5 in Tukwila.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The big finale is Aug. 19-22. In addition to replacing expansion joints on I-5 in Tukwila, southbound State Route 167 will be closed in Pacific to place a culvert under the highway.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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