Sunday, May 6, crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will reduce northbound Interstate 5 to two lanes for 19 consecutive days and nights at NE Ravenna Boulevard in Seattle. The work will have significant impacts on traffic. From May 6 through May 15, crews will close the two right northbound lanes across the bridge. From May 16 through May 25, crews will switch sides and close the two left lanes. Motorists should expect heavy congestion on northbound I-5 throughout this time, especially during evening commute hours.
Motorists can also expect closures of two ramps in the area.
From 7 a.m. Sunday, May 6 through 7 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, the ramp from NE 50 th Street to northbound I-5 will be closed around the clock. That exit will also close for one full weekend, from 10 p.m. Friday, May 11, to 5 a.m. Monday, May 14. Please note that the dates and times of all the above lane and ramp closures may change depending on weather. The I-5 Express Lanes will operate northbound for longer hours to help alleviate congestion that will result from the lane closures.