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NB SR 167 Ramp in Renton to Close For Weekend Road Repairs
The northbound SR 167 ramp in Renton and northbound I-405 through Bellevue will close at 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9.
Northbound Interstate 405 through Bellevue and the northbound State Route 167 ramp to northbound I-405 in Renton will be closed this weekend as crews repair a corroded drainage pipe and several hundred cracked concrete panels, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
Both sections of highway will close at 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. Northbound I-405 will begin reopening at 4 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12. All ramps, including SR 167, will reopen by 5 a.m. that Monday.
Crews will work to decommission an aging 30-year-old metal drainage pipe located 12 feet under the SR 167 roadway. The pipe, which is part of the stormwater runoff drainage system, will be replaced by a new, heavy-duty rubber pipe and located directly under the ramp shoulder.
Drivers should expect delays on northbound SR 167 and State Route 181 approaching I-405 and along the detour route.
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- The on-ramp from northbound SR 167 to southbound I-405 will remain open.
- The on-ramp from Rainier Avenue South to northbound I-405 will remain open.
In Bellevue, crews on I-405 will replace the 50-year-old concrete panels in the two right lanes between Southeast Eighth and Main streets in Bellevue – the length of a dozen football fields.
This weekend’s work is 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 $463 million Northeast Sixth to I-5 Widening and Express Toll Lanes project.
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