March 24, 2015 ·

Nighttime I-5 ramp, lane closures take place in Tacoma

The following overnight ramp closures are scheduled for March 23-27. Please note the northbound I-5 collector/distributor lanes to City Center will close multiple times overnight this week. This closure affects drivers who use northbound I-5 City Center exit (exit 133), and the collector/distributor lanes to I-705 and SR 7 from eastbound State Route 16 and South 38th Street. 

Friday, March 20 
At 11 p.m., the northbound I-5 exit to City Center and northbound I-705 will close until 4 a.m. the following day. 

Tuesday, March 24 
At 11 p.m., the southbound I-705 exit to northbound I-5/southbound SR 7 will close until 4 a.m. the following day. 

Wednesday, March 25 
At 11 p.m., the southbound I-705 exit to northbound I-5/southbound SR 7 will close until 4 a.m. the following day. 

Thursday, March 26 
At 11 p.m., the southbound SR 167/Portland Avenue on-ramp to southbound I-5 will close until 6 a.m. the following day. 

Friday, March 27 
At 11 p.m., the northbound I-5 exit to northbound SR 167 will close. The exit will reopen at 7 a.m. the following morning. 

At 12:01 a.m., the southbound I-705 exit to northbound I-5/southbound SR 7 will close until 4 a.m. 

The Pacific Avenue on-ramp to southbound I-5 temporarily reopened on Friday, March 20. The same on-ramp in the near future will undergo a second long-term closure.

Around the clock ramp closures in place:

Southbound Interstate 5 exit to State Route 7 remains closed until spring 2015.
Northbound SR 7 on-ramp to southbound I-5 remains closed until spring 2015 for bridge construction.
A-Street on-ramp to northbound I-5/southbound SR 7 remains closed until spring 2017 for bridge construction.

Lane closures: 
From Monday through Thursday, March 23-26, overnight single lane closures will take place on northbound and southbound I-5 between M Street and Portland Avenue. The lanes will reopen each following morning.