Getting AroundTuesday, November 3
Northbound I-5 over the Ship Canal Bridge is fully open again, and southbound mornings should ease
The Daily Everett team
If you drive I-5 to Seattle, your morning should get easier. Crews finished removing the work zone at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, nine hours earlier than expected. The express lanes go back to flowing south in the mornings and north in the afternoons and evenings. The Seattle Times expects southbound morning trips of 35 to 40 minutes through the winter.
The Ship Canal Bridge closure ended early, and commutes should shrink
- 9 hours
- earlier than expected that the closure ended
- 57 minutes
- for the southbound morning commute as of September
- 35-40 minutes
- expected for southbound mornings this winter
- 200,000
- motorists cross the bridge daily
Sources: My Edmonds News, The Seattle Times
Expect some overnight closures through year's end for work under the bridge. Southbound deck work is expected in late winter 2027. Also coming: the Everett Post reports a northbound I-405 closure in Bothell.
- I-405 northbound, SR 522 to SR 527: closed 11 p.m. Nov. 6 to 5 a.m. Nov. 9
- Canyon Park Park & Ride closes that weekend
- Canyon Park pedestrian bridge: closed until 2028
I-5 work wraps up early while an I-405 closure comes next
- Oct. 21WSDOT moves up the Ship Canal Bridge completion date to the weekend of Oct. 30.
- Nov. 1The northbound I-5 closure ends at 7:30 p.m., nine hours early.
- Nov. 6Northbound I-405 from SR 522 to SR 527 will close at 11 p.m.
- Feb. 2027Southbound Ship Canal Bridge construction could begin as early as February 2027.
Sources: My Edmonds News, mynorthwest.com, Everett Post
Sources: My Edmonds News, The Seattle Times, mynorthwest.com, Everett Post