If you’re traveling I-5 this weekend, watch out for all these lane and ramp closures
Paving and construction projects along northbound Interstate 5 in Tacoma will close multiple lanes and exits throughout this weekend and into next week, the Washington state Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.
Exit 133, the off-ramp for Interstate 705 and state Route 7, will be closed at 11 p.m. Friday and remain closed until noon Sunday for construction. Drivers can take exit 132 to access I-705 and Route 7.
North of there, near the new Puyallup River Bridge, I-5 will be reduced to a single lane at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, with all lanes reopening by 5:30 a.m. the next day.
On Monday and Tuesday nights, the northbound exits 136A and 136B will close at 8 p.m. The exits to 20th Street East and Port of Tacoma Road will reopen at 4:30 a.m. the next day. The northbound on-ramp from Port of Tacoma Road to I-5 will also be closed at those times.
Kenny Ocker: 253-597-8627, @KennyOcker
This story was originally published August 15, 2018 at 6:32 PM.