Project update
Mercer Island Station head house construction continues
As the summer construction season draws to a close, significant progress has been made at the Mercer Island station. For the last few months, crews have erected structural steel for both the east and…
Project update
Intersection improvements coming to 76th Avenue Southeast and North Mercer Way
Beginning as early as Monday Oct. 15, crews working for Sound Transit will begin making improvements at two areas near the Mercer Island Station: at the intersection of 76th Avenue Southeast and…
Project update
Night closures on I-405 in Bellevue on Sept. 24- 27
Overnight drivers should be aware of upcoming closures on Interstate 405 in downtown Bellevue. Beginning on Monday, Sept. 24, Sound Transit's contractor will set forms on the horizontal structures in…
News release
Rainier Freeway Station closing for East Link construction
This news release was issued jointly by King County Metro and Sound Transit. Sound Transit and King County Metro bus routes that use I-90 to change starting September 22 Sound Transit and King…
Project update
Rainier Freeway Station closure and I-90 bus changes coming Sept. 22!
As part of East Link light rail construction, the Rainier Freeway station at I-90 will close beginning on Sept. 22, 2018. It will reopen as Judkins Park Link Station in 2023. Most bus routes that…
Project update
Upcoming I-90 ramp closures
You may have noticed steel supports have been installed at the 77th Avenue Southeast head house and more steel will arrive and will provide the shape for the east head house at 80th Avenue Southeast…
Project update
I-90 floating bridge post-tensioning nearly complete
Sound Transit's contractor recently post-tensioned the I-90 floating bridge to prepare the bridge for East Link operation. Crews installed and stressed 1,080,000 feet of steel strand and applied 41,…
Project update
Station construction continues on Mercer Island and upcoming I-90 ramp closures
View of the Mercer Island Station's 77th Avenue head house. Progress continues on the station's two head houses as steel supports have begun…
Project update
Reminder: I-90 westbound closed overnight this weekend
Westbound I-90 lanes will close at 11 p.m. Saturday, July 28 until 7 a.m. Sunday, July 29 and from 10:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29 until 4:30 a.m.…
Project update
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…