I-5 Express Lanes to close early Monday night | WSDOT

The Washington State Department of Transportation will close the I-5 Express Lanes two hours early Monday night, as a Sound Transit boring machine crosses beneath I-5 near Pike Street one last time.

April 21, 2012 10:27 pm

The Washington State Department of Transportation will close the I-5 Express Lanes two hours early Monday night, as a Sound Transit boring machine crosses beneath I-5 near Pike Street one last time.

The reversible I-5 Express Lanes will close at 9 p.m. Monday, April 23, and reopen southbound by 5 a.m. Tuesday. The express lanes normally close at 11 p.m. and reopen at 5 a.m. weekdays.

Sound Transit is nearing the end of tunnel boring between Capitol Hill and downtown for its University Link light rail extension.

For the latest closure information and complete construction update report please visit WSDOT online at www.wsdot.wa.gov/northwest/king/construction.