State Route 520 Weekend Construction Closures Canceled

This weekend’s planned nighttime construction closures of the State Route 520 floating bridge and highway have been canceled and will be rescheduled, reports the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT).

the nights of Dec. 3 and 4 to install girders at Evergreen Point Road and 92nd Avenue Northeast. The Washington State Department of Transportation and the contractor, Eastside Corridor Constructors, will reschedule the planned concrete girder installation work on the Eastside to minimize effects on weekend holiday traffic.

The project will:

• Widen SR 520 and create carpool lanes in both directions.
• Widen the shoulders, so disabled vehicles will not block the lanes of traffic.
• Create three landscaped lids over SR 520, two with access to new transit stops.
• Add a bike and pedestrian lane to SR 520.
• Create environmental improvements, including improvements to streams and noise barriers.

Overall, the project is part of a $4.65 billion plan to improve SR 520. The state legislature decided that $2.37 billion of the amount will be paid through state and federal funding and tolls. The rest has yet to be determined. , and a WSDOT spokeswoman told Bellevue Patch last week that plan is still on track.

-- Information from the Washington State Department of Transportation and Bellevue Patch archives.