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Safety drill on the light rail bridge over I-405 in downtown Bellevue begins Monday

Beginning on Monday, April 27th, Sound Transit will be hosting a safety drill on the light rail bridge over I-405 in downtown Bellevue. This is in coordination with the City of Bellevue Fire…

April 4 westbound SR 520 closure at NE 40th St postponed

Sound Transit and its contractor are postponing a plan to lift a portion of the future Overlake Village Station's pedestrian bridge into place over westbound SR 520 this weekend. We will reschedule…

POSTPONED - Nighttime full closures on NE 8th Street in downtown Bellevue

The nighttime full closures on NE 8th Street originally scheduled for Monday, April 6th to Thursday April 9th, has been postponed until further notice. We will reschedule the work to a later date.…

Lane closures on NE 8th Street in downtown Bellevue on March 30th 

Beginning on Monday, March 30th, crews will be performing curb work to build a median island on Northeast 8th Street between 116th Avenue Northeast and 120th Avenue Northeast. To perform this work,…

Pedestrian bridge truss segments on eastbound SR 520 shoulder at Northeast 148th Street.

POSTPONED: Westbound SR 520 closure at NE 40th Street in Redmond Saturday night, April 4

This work is postponed. Learn more. Saturday night, April 4, construction crews working to build light rail from Seattle to Redmond will lift a steel truss pedestrian bridge segment into place over…

CANCELED: Overnight ramp closures: Bellevue Way SE to Eastbound I-90 

Sound Transit's construction partners have canceled the planned overnight closure of the southbound Bellevue Way on-ramp to eastbound I-90 scheduled for March 23rd to March 25. To continue the…

Utility work on 60th Avenue Southeast near Southeast 24th Street

Utility work is scheduled to take place on 60th Avenue Southeast near Southeast 24th Street from Wednesday, March 18 – Monday, April 13. Crews will be sawcutting, potholing, trenching, and paving in…

Partial closure of Southeast 30th Street to Bellevue Way Southeast

In order to install sign bridge foundations and perform landscaping work, crews will be restricting access to Southeast 30th Street from Bellevue Way Southeast (and vice versa) daily from 7 a.m. to 2…

Mid-roadway closure of 130th Ave NE beginning as early as March 9

Beginning as early as Monday, March 9 and lasting through the morning of Monday, March 30, Sound Transit’s contractor crews will be working in the middle of 130th Avenue Northeast near Northeast 15th…

HOV ramp closures at Island Crest Way

The Island Crest Way westbound I-90 HOV on-ramp and the eastbound I-90 HOV off-ramp are scheduled to be closed Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 6 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Crews will be…