WSDOT starts new phase of I-5 construction in Tacoma

As part of the large I-5 improvement project underway in Tacoma called I-5: M Street to Portland Avenue HOV, crews will replace the concrete road surface with new concrete. For that work to happen, crews must remove existing concrete and truck it away. The work will occur inside northbound lanes not currently open to traffic between M Street and South Thompson/Yakima Avenue. The work is scheduled over eight nights on Monday through Thursday, Jan. 12-15 and again Monday through Thursday, Jan. 19-22. 

Ramp closures 

Southbound Interstate 705 on-ramp to northbound I-5 will close from 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14 to 4 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 and again from 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 to 4 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16. 

From 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, through 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, crews will close the Portland Avenue on-ramp to southbound I-5. 

From 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, through 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, crews will close the State Route 167 on-ramp to southbound I-5. 

Lane closures 
At 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Jan. 12-15, northbound and southbound I-5 drivers also may encounter single lane closures between M Street and Portland Avenue. The lanes will reopen at 5 a.m. each following day. 

City of Tacoma streets 
7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, crews will close the left lane of East 27th Street between L Street and Wiley Avenue. 

From 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, and again 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, crews will close the left lane of East 27th Street between L Street and Wiley Avenue. 

Continued around-the-clock ramp closures:

Southbound Interstate 5 exit to State Route 7 remains closed until mid-February, 2015 for construction of a stormwater retention pond.
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 2016 for bridge construction.