SR 520 Construction Resuming in Seattle
Montlake Project Construction ramps up this spring. WSDOT web pages, called the SR 520 Construction Corner, will help keep travelers informed on what to expect and how construction will affect travel in and around the corridor.
Planning for the remaining SR 520 “Rest of the West” projects is also moving forward in 2019. The SR 520/I-5 Express Lanes Connection Project is slated to begin construction in 2020, with the Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid Project scheduled to start in 2023.
The SR 520/I-5 Express Lanes Connection Project will modify the existing I-5 express lanes to accommodate a new reversible transit/HOV connection between SR 520 and Seattle’s booming South Lake Union neighborhood. Specifically, WSDOT will build a reversible transit/HOV ramp at the SR 520/I-5 interchange and convert the existing shoulders of the I-5 express lanes into a fifth express lane in that area.
Also, WSDOT will build a modified, reversible transit/HOV ramp between the I-5 express lanes and Mercer Street, which will support access to and from the reversible transit/HOV lane.
This new connection is intended to provide buses and carpools travelling on SR 520 a safer, more direct route between the South Lake Union area and the Eastside, and is compatible with any future projects that may happen on the I-5 corridor.
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