Highways in Gig Harbor, Puyallup, Olympia to be repaved soon. Details here
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- Nighttime lane and ramp closures start on SR 16 near Gig Harbor Monday night.
- Repaving work aims to reduce emergency repairs and unplanned lane closures.
- Road work part of a $25.8M WSDOT repaving project on 6 highways across South Puget Sound.
Road work on six state highways in the south Puget Sound region begins Monday, including in Gig Harbor, Puyallup, Sumner and Olympia, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
The first highway to see nighttime lane and ramp closures is State Route 16, west of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Gig Harbor, WSDOT said in a news release. Work to remove and replace asphalt on other highways in Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap and Mason counties will begin later in July and finish this fall.
Work zones in Pierce County include:
Gig Harbor - State Route 16 between Stone Drive and Burley Olalla Road
Puyallup - State Route 512 between State Route 167 and State Route 7
Sumner - State Route 410 between State Route 167 and Myers Road
In Thurston County work will be done in Olympia on Interstate 5 between Pacific Avenue and 93rd Avenue (State Route 121). There will also be work in Tumwater on I-5 between 93rd Ave/SR 121 and Maytown Road, according to WSDOT.
The work is part of a $25.8 million highway preservation project.
“The new surface will reduce the potential for costly emergency maintenance repairs and unexpected lane closures,” according to WSDOT.
Crews will grind down the existing asphalt of lanes that need the most repair and after a curing time, they will return to install permanent lane markings.
For the latest information about projects on state highways, use WSDOT’s real-time travel map online.
