Crews Remove Decrepit Drainage Pipe for SR 167

Crews packed in a full weekend of work to preserve and maintain vital Eastside routes before reopening northbound Interstate 405 in Bellevue and the northbound State Route 167 ramp to northbound I-405 in Renton. 

Northbound I-405 reopened at 2:35 a.m. Monday, nearly 90 minutes early. The SR 167 ramp reopened on schedule at 4:58 a.m. 

What did crews complete?
During the around-the-clock weekend closures, workers completed several time-consuming tasks.

SR 167
Contractor crews dug 12 feet under the roadway and decommissioned a 30-year-old failing metal drainage pipe. A significant part of the drainage system for SR 167, the pipe was corroded, collapsing and full of debris. Crews installed a new, heavy-duty rubberized plastic pipe located directly under the ramp shoulder. The new pipe will help prevent flooding on one of the busiest ramps in the state.

I-405
Crews demolished more than 440 aging concrete panels and poured new concrete in the two right lanes between Southeast Eighth and Main streets in Bellevue – the length of a dozen football fields. Crews also completed grinding and pavement sealing to smooth the ride between SR 520 and Northeast 70th Street.

What’s next?
Crews on I-405 expect to finish replacing isolated concrete panels through Bellevue at the end of this month. They’ll also work on drainage and shoulder improvements. Drivers should expect weeknight lane closures through mid-September to complete the work and restripe the roadway.

Work on the SR 167 ramp will continue through Wednesday morning with overnight ramp closures while crews install the last section of the new drainage pipe, and pave and stripe the roadway.

This weekend’s work was part of the $8.2 million I-405 Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation project, the $835,000 I-405/SR 167 Major Drainage Repair project and the $155 million Northeast Sixth to I-5 Widening and Express Toll Lanes project.

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Source: WSDOT