State Road Work on Interstate 5 to Last Through Wednesday

The state is inspecting bridges, repairing pavement and doing other work on Interstate 5 that will require lane closures in both directions this week.

Some work, such as installing raised-pavement markers, is weather dependent and will be postponed with inclement weather, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. Other work, such as bridge inspections, will continue regardless of weather.

Here is schedule of work:

Monday

• Tacoma - 5 a.m.: Reopen I-5 facilities from Sunday work.
  
• DuPont - 7:30 p.m.: Close right lane of northbound I-5 near Mounts Road while crews inspect the rail bridge. This work is part of WSDOT’s Point Defiance Bypass rail project.
  
• DuPont - 10 p.m.: Open right lane of northbound I-5 near Mounts Road. Close two left lanes of northbound I-5 at Mounts Road for rail bridge inspection activities.
  

• DuPont - 5 a.m.: Reopen northbound I-5 lanes at Mounts Road.
  
• DuPont – 7:30 p.m.: Close left lane of southbound I-5 near Mounts Road while crews inspect the rail bridge. This work is part of WSDOT’s Point Defiance Bypass rail project. 
  
• Tacoma - 9 p.m.: Close two left lanes of northbound I-5 from South 56th Street to the Puyallup River Bridge.
  
• DuPont – 10 p.m.: Close the two left lanes of southbound I-5 at Mounts Road for rail bridge inspection activities. This work is part of WSDOT’s Point Defiance Bypass rail project.
  
• Tacoma - 10 p.m.: Reduce northbound I-5 to one lane and detour that lane onto Exit #132, the northbound collector/distributor, and back onto one open northbound I-5 lane. Close the following ramps.  Detours will be provided. 1) South 38th Street on-ramp to SR 7 and I-705;2) southbound I-705 on-ramp to northbound I-5;3) northbound I-5 exit to Portland Avenue.  Motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible and to expect delays.
  
• DuPont – 11:30 p.m.: Open left two lanes of southbound I-5. Close the right lane of southbound I-5 and the Mounts Road on-ramp to southbound I-5 for rail bridge inspection activities.  This work is part of WSDOT’s Point Defiance Bypass rail project.
  

• Tacoma and DuPont - 5 a.m.: Open all I-5 facilities.
  
• Nisqually – 7 p.m.: Close one lane of northbound I-5 for fiber optic cable work.
  
• Tacoma - 10 p.m.: Close right lane of northbound I-5 between Portland Avenue and the Puyallup River Bridge and two exits:  1) northbound I-5 exit to State Route 167; and 2) SR 167 on-ramp to northbound I-5.
  

• 5 a.m.: Open all above facilities.