{"id":2701,"date":"2012-07-18T11:38:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T18:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/state-to-close-highway-167-between-kent-renton-aug-10-13\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T00:25:31","slug":"state-to-close-highway-167-between-kent-renton-aug-10-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/state-to-close-highway-167-between-kent-renton-aug-10-13\/","title":{"rendered":"State to close Highway 167 between Kent-Renton Aug. 10-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kent drivers should prepare for a complete closure of Highway 167 in both directions Friday, Aug. 10 to Monday, Aug. 13 between South 180th Street and Interstate 405.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Washington State Department of Transportation and its contractor Scarsella Brothers will install a new fish-friendly culvert on Panther Creek where it passes under SR 167 in Renton, according to the state DOT website<\/a>. The work is part of mitigation for an emergency culvert repair at Thunder Hills Creek in Renton near I-405.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, crews will close SR 167 for 58 hours. Crews will cut through 65 feet of pavement to install a new fish-friendly culvert. To take advantage of the closure, crews will also work on other road maintenance in the work zone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Leading up to the weekend of Aug. 10, the DOT will close lanes of both northbound and southbound SR 167 on a weekly basis to prepare for the full closure. For the latest information regarding these lane closures, visit the King County construction update page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 When is the closure?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10 to 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 13.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Where is the closure?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Crews will completely close both directions of SR 167 between South 180th Street and I-405.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 What remains open during the closure?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The off-ramps from S. 180th Street will remain open on northbound SR 167 and the on-ramp from S. 180th Street to southbound SR 167 will remain open. Expect delays at the interchange and plan to use detours.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 When will crews reopen the highway?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

All ramps and the mainline will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 13.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Why do crews need to completely close the highway?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Crews are digging a 25 feet deep and 65 feet wide trench for the new culvert.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 What can drivers do?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Thousands of vehicles travel through the I-405\/SR 167 interchange on a typical weekend. The state DOT needs help to prevent regional gridlock during the closure. State DOT officials suggest drivers:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Delay discretionary trips, especially during high traffic periods, especially between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Anticipate heavy congestion on alternate routes such as I-405, I-5 and SR 181.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Expect increased congestion on local streets, especially on Lind Avenue, South 180th Street, South Grady Way, Rainier Avenue S., Talbot Road, and SR 181\/West Valley Highway.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 Know Before You Go: check the WSDOT website, call 511 for real-time travel information and plan for delays and added travel time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Kent drivers should prepare for a complete closure of Highway 167 in both directions Aug. 10-13 between South 180th Street and Interstate 405.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":2702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-2701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}