Traffic

Depression causes WSDOT to close I-5 lanes

Traffic flows on Interstate 5 through DuPont in this undated file photo. One lane of I-5 in each direction has been closed in DuPont on Thursday night to address a depression forming in the freeway’s median, according to the state Department of Transportation.
Traffic flows on Interstate 5 through DuPont in this undated file photo. One lane of I-5 in each direction has been closed in DuPont on Thursday night to address a depression forming in the freeway’s median, according to the state Department of Transportation. Tony Overman Staff file

The state Department of Transportation has closed one lane of Interstate 5 in each direction in DuPont for emergency repairs Thursday afternoon.

The inside lanes going north and south near the DuPont/Steilacoom interchange at milepost 119 are closed to fill a depression that has formed in the highway median.

The lanes will remain closed until the repairs are completed late Thursday night.

What caused the depression to form is under investigation.

Updates can be found at twitter.com/wsdot_tacoma.

Kenny Ocker: 253-597-8627, @KennyOcker

This story was originally published May 18, 2017 at 5:41 PM with the headline "Depression causes WSDOT to close I-5 lanes."

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