Shortcut to the Tacoma Dome is returning. McKinley overpass opens Friday
After a two-year wait, the back door to the Tacoma Dome will be open again.
The East McKinley Way/East D Street overpass over Interstate 5 is set to re-open Friday.
The new overpass will sport two 10-foot-wide sidewalks for pedestrians, two six-foot-wide paths for bicyclists and a median and a left-turn lane for vehicles, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The previous overpass had only 6-foot-wide sidewalks and none of the other new features. That overpass closed in summer 2016.
The new overpass was built in order to widen I-5 for HOV lanes through Tacoma. Earlier, the Pacific Avenue overpass was demolished and rebuilt for the same project.
Construction of a new southbound I-5 bridge across the Puyallup River should begin in February, according to the Department of Transportation.
This story was originally published November 16, 2018 at 9:22 AM.
