Washington State Department of Transportation

Washington State Department of Transportation - Tue July 31, 2018

WSDOT Update: SR 99 Tunnel Systems Testing Continues

Getting the tunnel ready for drivers is a big task. Contractor Seattle Tunnel Partners must install and test thousands of components and 90 interconnected systems that are needed to safely operate the SR 99 tunnel....

WSDOT - Tue June 05, 2018

WSDOT Selects Kiewit to Tear Down Alaskan Way Viaduct

The demolition of Seattle's aging Alaskan Way Viaduct is finally in view. On May 16, the Washington State Department of Transportation selected Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. to demolish the viaduct, decommission the Battery Street Tunnel and reconnect city surface streets just north of the nearly complete State Route 99 tunnel....

Tue May 08, 2018

WSDOT Celebrates New Region HQ

Local residents joined Wenatchee Mayor Frank Kuntz for a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Washington State Department of Transportation on April 23. The event, was to commemorate the opening of a new North Central Region headquarters at WSDOT's Olds Station campus in north Wenatchee....

Tue May 08, 2018

April Showers Bring May Flowers — Changes to Tacoma's I-5

Traffic in all lanes of Interstate 5 in Tacoma will soon shift as work continues on high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane projects. Southbound I-5 drivers have been relocated onto a temporary alignment as part of ongoing work by the Washington State Department of Transportation....

Tue April 10, 2018

WSDOT Relocates Osprey Nest Before Bridge Preservation Work Begins

The Washington State Department of Transportation is preparing to launch a preservation project to give longer life to a steel truss bridge on State Route 409 that was built in 1938 and now suffers paint flaking and deterioration to the timber bridge deck beneath the roadway pavement....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 10, 2018

Major Construction Projects on Horizon for Pacific Northwest

As temperatures warm and days grow drier, state and local agencies are gearing up for construction projects all over the Pacific Northwest — some still in the planning stages, others, phases in ongoing plans....

Tue March 13, 2018

WSDOT Technology Offers Truck Drivers Way to Save Time, Money

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) said commercial truck drivers now have another option for bypassing state weigh stations — by opting into a technology that saves time and money....

Tue February 13, 2018

WSDOT Updates Anacortes Road Construction Project

The Washington State Department of Transportation is helping community members learn about the construction timeline for the project at Sharpes Corner in Anacortes. OverviewThe Sharpes Corner intersection experiences significant congestion, especially during the busy summer tourist season....

Tue January 16, 2018

Fish Barrier Removal Reaches Milestone

Two big bridges built. Two more to go. Weather permitting, the extensive and continuing effort to remove barriers to fish on Wildcat Creek in McCleary soon will bring new changes for drivers using both directions of state Route 8....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 16, 2018

After Bertha: WSDOT Updates SR 99 Progress in Seattle

The precast concrete panels that will build the lower deck of Seattle's new SR 99 double deck tunnel began arriving in early November, marking the beginning of an important stage of the tunnel construction, said Laura Newborn, spokeswoman of the project....