If you normally use I-5 and Spokane Street to come back to West Seattle, plan on taking an alternate route tonight because the off ramp will be closed until 5:00 a.m.

Press Release:

The contractor working for the Seattle Department of Transportation to widen the Spokane Street Viaduct (the raised roadway that connects I-5 to the West Seattle Bridge) tentatively plans to close the westbound lanes of the viaduct on Wednesday night.

Crews plan to work from 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 27 to 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 28 to stripe the roadway and install a temporary barrier in preparation for widening the easternmost portion of the Spokane Street Viaduct.

During this work, traffic from southbound I-5 that would otherwise take the Spokane Street Viaduct will instead be directed to the Forest Street exit to access surface streets. Traffic from northbound I-5 and westbound traffic from Columbian Way will be detoured to surface streets at Sixth Avenue South.

For more information: LeAnne Nelson, (206) 684-3897, leanne.nelson@seattle.gov