SR 520 to close this weekend

Both directions of state Route 520 will close tonight from 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, to 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 22. Crews will close all eastbound lanes and ramps of SR 520 from Interstate 5 to 92nd Avenue Northeast, including the Portage Bay Bridge. All westbound lanes and ramps will close from 92nd Avenue Northeast to Montlake Boulevard.

At 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, crews will reopen westbound SR 520 to allow drivers and transit riders to travel to the Seahawks home game. The westbound off-ramp to Montlake Boulevard and eastbound SR 520 will remain closed.

At 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23, crews will reopen all remaining ramps the eastbound lanes of SR 520 in time for the morning commute.

Nearby neighbors may hear noise from paving machines as crews remove sections of the 24th Avenue East bridge or as crews reconstruct a median along the eastbound on- and off-ramp at Montlake Boulevard.