East Link Extension
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In this alert: Nighttime girder installation, weekday construction traffic impacts, and reminder of ongoing closures

Precast concrete girder installation Girder installation is underway in south Bellevue. Starting earlier this week, crews began installing pre-cast concrete girders. Girder installation is scheduled…

UPDATED – Westbound I-90 weekend overnight closures CANCELLED for 7/20 – 722

This weekend’s planned overnight westbound I-90 closures, to perform post-tensioning work, have been cancelled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights (July 20 -22) and I-90 westbound will remain open…

Upcoming road closure in BelRed in Bellevue

  Starting as early as Monday, July 23, and lasting through early July 2019, contractor crews working for Sound Transit will close…

Upcoming I-90 westbound overnight closures

Update cancelled. Click link for more information. I-90 westbound will close overnight for post-tensioning. Crews working for Sound Transit…

Mercer Island: Upcoming I-90 westbound overnight closures

I-90 westbound will close overnight for post-tensioning. Crews working for Sound Transit will plan to close the I-90 westbound lanes overnight…

In this alert: Nighttime girder installation, Weekday construction traffic impacts, Night work near I-90, and Reminder of ongoing closures

Precast concrete girder installation Crews working to build Sound Transit's East Link project in south Bellevue will begin installing pre-cast concrete girders early next week. Girder installation…

Girder setting requires ramp and street closures at 148th Avenue NE and SR 520

Girder placement From Tuesday, July 10 until Saturday morning, July 14, crews working to build Sound Transit’s East Link project will install concrete girders between future elevated guideway…

Safety Drill on July 7th, Update to overnight closures in Downtown Bellevue and Reopening of 110th Avenue Northeast

Safety Drill on Saturday, July 7th Sound Transit will host a safety drill on Saturday, July 7th, in downtown Bellevue. This is a coordinated…

In this alert: Weekday construction traffic impacts (7/9-7/13), Night work near I-90, and reminder of ongoing closures

Weekday construction traffic impacts: Monday, July 9 – Friday, July 13 Bellevue Way Southeast In order to work in the eastside curb lane while maintaining two lanes of traffic in the peak direction…

Upcoming I-90 ramp closures

As progress continues on the station's head houses, steel will begin to be erected on the 80th Avenue head house. To do so, both the east- and westbound Island Crest Way HOV ramps are planned to…