I-5 in Tacoma will have lanes shifted, reduced and re-routed April 27-May 2

Staring the week of Monday, April 27, drivers traveling on Interstate 5 through Tacoma and Fife during the overnight hours will encounter reduced lanes, shifted lanes and detours for two HOV projects. 

Crews will reduce northbound and southbound I-5 to one lane near the Puyallup River Bridge while they restripe the highway and create a construction zone in the I-5 median. The traffic shift is necessary so crews can continue construction of a new northbound I-5 bridge over the Puyallup River. This traffic shift will remain in effect around-the-clock, until this portion of the project is complete. 

Dates and times for the lane closures needed for the traffic shift are as follows. This work is weather dependent and could be rescheduled. 

I-5 Tacoma/Fife 

Tuesday, April 28 
A single lane of northbound I-5 between M Street and Portland Avenue will close starting at 9 p.m. The second will close at 11 p.m. All lanes will reopen at 6 a.m. each following day. 

Wednesday, April 29 
A single lane of northbound I-5 between M Street and Portland Avenue will close starting at 9 p.m. The lane will reopen at 6 a.m. the following morning. 

Thursday, April 30 
A single lane of northbound I-5 between M Street and Portland Avenue will close starting at 10 p.m. A second lane will closed at 11 p.m. All lanes will reopen at 4 a.m. the following morning.

Northbound I-5 before 38th Street 
Drivers using northbound I-5 at 38th Street in Tacoma will again be routed through the northbound I-5 collector/distributor lanes during the overnight hours from April 28 to May 2. Mainline northbound I-5 will be closed while crews continue demolition on the Pacific Avenue overpass as part of the I-5 M Street to Portland Avenue HOV project. Dates and times are as follows: 

12:01 a.m. to 4 a.m. Tuesday through Friday April 28-May 1 
All lanes of northbound I-5 will be routed through the northbound I-5 collector/distributor lanes. Drivers will detour via either State Route 7 or Interstate 705.

1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Saturday, May 2 
All lanes of northbound I-5 will be routed through the northbound I-5 collector/distributor lanes. Drivers will detour via either SR 7 or I-705.

A full list of closures can be found on the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Olympic Region Construction Update Report.