Bellevue HOV Access

Description 

The Bellevue HOV Access Project (Access Downtown) is part of a regional effort to improve transportation along the I-405 corridor.  The project makes it easier to travel in an out of downtown Bellevue from the freeway.  The Bellevue HOV Access Project is a new interchange on I-405 at Northeast Sixth Street for buses and carpools, giving buses direct access to the expanded Bellevue Transit Center.  It improves freeway interchanges at Northeast Fourth, Northeast Eighth, and Southeast Eighth streets including improvements to nearby city street intersections.  In addition, a number of local street improvements help traffic flow during construction of the project.

 

Project Facts

Location:  

I-405 at Northeast Sixth Street
 
Sound Transit Budget:  

$82.9 million
 
Planning Partners:  

Sound Transit
City of Bellevue
Federal Highway Administration 
WA State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
King County Metro Transit
WA State Transportation Improvement Board
 
Consultants and Contractors:  

Preliminary engineering/environmental documentation;
Parsons Brinkerhoff
Final design; HDR Engineering Inc.
Construction management; WSDOT
Construction; Mowat Construction/Guy F. Atkinson

 
Project Timeline:  

Preliminary engineering and environmental documentation: completed in January 2002
Final design: completed December 2002
Construction began: April 2002
Construction completed: December 2004

 

 

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