A second weekendlong closure for paving on state Highway 500 starts at 10 tonight.
The Washington State Department of Transportation will close Highway 500 eastbound, from Interstate 5 to Thurston Way. All lanes will be open no later than 5 a.m. Monday, in time for the morning commute.
During the closure, eastbound drivers should use alternate routes, such as Fourth Plain Boulevard to the south or Minnehaha-Northeast 63rd Street to the north.
Construction crews will repave the highway, install new pavement markers and widen the 90-degree turns for onramps from Northeast Falk Road/42nd Avenue and Northeast Stapleton Road/54th Avenue.
Construction is weather-dependent, and rain could cause the work to be postponed.
WSDOT previously closed Highway 500 westbound Aug. 9-12 for paving.
Following this weekend’s closure, drivers should continue to expect delays in both directions of Highway 500, between I-5 and Fourth Plain Boulevard/state Highway 503, due to intermittent overnight single- and double-lane closures.