Politics & Government

Toll Testing Causing Overnight Closures on 520 Bridge

Rolling closures begin at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

One direction of the State Route 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington will be closed overnights Tuesday through Thursday as state transportation crewsΒ test new tolling equipment.

According to the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), a gradual closure will begin at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, when crews shut down one lane of westbound traffic between 92nd Avenue Northeast and Montlake Boulevard.

The second lane will close at 11:59 p.m. One lane will reopen at 4:30 a.m., and both lanes will be open by 5 a.m.

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The same closures will affect eastbound traffic from 11:30 p.m. Wednesday through 5 a.m. Thursday. For more information, see WSDOT'sΒ construction update website.


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