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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • You're on notice 1/7/08   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Monday, January 7, 2008 Road report How to read your road report: Road restrictions may be near, but not necessarily in, the cities under which they are listed. Most restrictions are from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. Any lane on the road could be closed between the two cross streets found in most listings. Weather conditions may change work plans. Freeway work through Everett Multiple lanes of I-5 may be closed Monday through Thursday nights and on some Friday nights. Closures will be in both directions in various locations between Highway 526 (the Boeing Freeway) and Marine View Drive. Southbound closures begin at 7 p.m. and end between 4 and 6 a.m. Northbound closures begin at between 7 and 10 p.m. and end at 6 a.m. Friday night closures end at 8 a.m. Saturdays. Watch for traffic signs. On dry nights this week, I-5 and U.S. 2 onramps and offramps may be closed in the Everett area. Paving, barrier and drainage work, sign installation and striping continues. Watch for traffic signs. I-5 overpass work continues between Highway 526 (the Boeing Freeway) and Marine View Drive in Everett. The state will close lanes and reroute drivers onto several downtown Everett streets, including Everett Avenue and Lowell Road-52nd Street. Street closures could cause ramp and city street backups. Drivers are encouraged to use other routes. Two northbound lanes of I-5 from 128th Street SW to Highway 526 will be closed nightly through Friday for work on the 112th Street bridge, which will be closed. New or updated roadwork For information on emergency county road closures and maintenance projects, call Snohomish County road maintenance at 360-862-7500 or go to www.snoco.org and use the keyword search. Bothell Grannis Road south of 191st Street SE. Lane closed weekdays Jan. 21-31. Gas service installation. Brier Lockwood Road near Lockwood Elementary School. Lane closures weekdays Jan. 14-28. Gas line installation. Edmonds 228th Street SW, east of 84th Avenue W. Lane closures Jan. 14-18. Gas service installation. Everett 120th Street SE and Second Drive SE in south Everett. Lane closures Jan. 16-31. Gas main installation. Granite Falls Mountain Loop Highway between Deer Creek and Barlow Pass has been closed for the winter. Lynnwood Motor Place, 160th Street SW and Meadow Road. Intermittent lane closures extended through Jan. 31. Frontage improvements, utility installation. Maltby Highway 9 from Maltby Road to 233rd Place SE. On dry days through Friday, lane closures for road work. Mill Creek 140th Street SE-SW between Meadow Road and Cascadian Way. Road closed weekdays Jan. 21 through Feb. 8. Utilities and frontage improvements. Detour posted. 196th Street SE west of 24th Drive SE. Lane closure Feb. 5 and 6. Power pole replacement. Lowell-Larimer Road and 56th Avenue SE, north of Mill Creek. Lane closures Wednesday through Jan. 31. Power pole relocation. Also closures through Feb. 8 for frontage and utility improvements. Monroe Old Owen Road between 219th Drive SE and 218th Avenue Se. Lane closures Thursday through Jan. 31. Gas line installation. High Bridge Road at 167th Avenue SE between Crescent Lake Road and Ricci Road. Road closed weekdays through Jan. 18. Lane closures weeknights through Jan. 18. Road repair. High Bridge Road between 167th Avenue SE and Crescent Lake Road. Lane closure Jan. 18 to Feb. 4. Roadwork and work on culvert. Mukilteo 148th Street SW west of 52nd Avenue W. Lane closed weekdays through Friday. PUD improvement project. Snohomish Old Snohomish-Monroe Road between 127th Street SE and 134th Drive SE. Lane closures through Jan. 31. Gas service installation. Ongoing roadwork Arlington Highway 9 near Bryant Road and Harvey Creek Road. Lane closures through Friday. Road work. Brier Locust Way north of 218th Street SW. Lane closure some weekdays through February. Gas service replacement. Lakewood 172nd Street NW west of Forty Five Road. Lane closed weekdays through Jan. 18. Marysville water project. Lynnwood 35th Avenue W., south of 148th Street SW. Lane closures through Thursday. Gas service installation. 164th Street SW between 25th Avenue W. and the northbound onramps of I-5. Lane closure extended through Friday. PUD line work. Marysville 84th Street NE southwest of the intersection with 123rd Avenue NE. Shoulder closure through Jan. 11. Gas valve maintenance. Mill Creek Larch Way south of 164th Street SW. Lane closed weekdays through Jan. 15. Power pole relocation near Martha Lake. Larch Way near the intersection with 164th Street SW. Lane closure extended through Feb. 2. Utility installation and frontage improvements. Cascadian Way between 140th and 143rd Street SE. Road closed weekdays through Jan. 18. Detours to be posted. Utility and frontage improvement installations. Snohomish Dubuque Road at 165th Avenue SE and Three Lakes Road at 163rd Avenue SE. Lane closures through Friday. Water association improvements. Elliott Road between Railroad Way and Connelly Road, south of Snohomish. Lane closed through Jan. 31. Road repair. Cathcart Way between Highway 9 and 83rd Street SE. Lane closure through Wednesday. Retaining wall construction.

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