Drivers who use I-5 in Fife and Tacoma overnight should plan for extra travel time.
Two construction projects will close I-5 lanes and ramps starting near 70th Avenue East in Fife to East McKinley Way in Tacoma starting the night of Monday, May 10.
Construction crews are removing temporary scaffolding on the new 70th Avenue East replacement bridge and installing drainage systems for the new southbound I-5 Puyallup River Bridge.
Here are this week’s closures:
Monday, May 10
One lane of northbound I-5 will close in Fife from 6:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Tuesday.
Three lanes of southbound I-5 will close in Fife from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. with a one-lane closure beginning at 8 p.m. and all lanes open by 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 11 to Thursday, May 13
Three lanes of southbound I-5 will close in Fife from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. with a one-lane closure beginning at 8 p.m. and all lanes open by 7 a.m. the next day.
Three lanes of northbound I-5 will close in Fife from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. with a one-lane closure starting at 6:30 p.m. and all lanes open by 4 a.m. the next day.
Port of Tacoma Road on-ramp to southbound I-5 will close from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day.
Southbound I-5 exit 135 to Portland Avenue will close from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. each following day.
Southbound I-5 temporary collector/distributor lane from Port of Tacoma Road to East McKinley Way will close from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day.
Friday, May 14
Three lanes of northbound I-5 will close in Fife from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. with a single lane closure beginning at 8 p.m. and all lanes open by 8 a.m. Saturday.
Port of Tacoma Road on-ramp to southbound I-5 will close from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday.
Southbound I-5 exit 135 to Portland Avenue will close from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday.
Southbound I-5 temporary collector/distributor lane from Port of Tacoma Road to East McKinley Way will close from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Saturday.
Drivers traveling overnight will also see two lanes closed on northbound I-5 from East McKinley Way to Port of Tacoma Road Monday, May 10 and Tuesday, May 11, starting at 11:30 p.m. each night to 5:30 a.m. the next morning.
As part of the SR 167 completion project, a new four-lane bridge is replacing the two-lane 70th Avenue East bridge in Fife.
The new southbound I-5 Puyallup River Bridge is part of a project that widens I-5 and builds high occupancy vehicle lanes in Tacoma.