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Q: Can You Drive Interstate 5 in Tacoma without a construction zone?

Photo taken on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021.d Drew Perine drew.perine@thenewstribune.com Buckle your seat belts, Tacoma. You’ll need another half year of fortitude before you can drive Interstate 5 without passing through a construction zone.

Construction of what would become a nonstop roadway from the Mexican to Canadian borders began shortly after President Dwight Eisenhower’s signing of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. The plan, … See more

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Decades-long I-5 Construction Project In Tacoma Wraps Up This …

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Aug 26, 2022 · Decades-long I-5 construction project in Tacoma wraps up this weekend The project cost $1.4 billion and is made up of 14 smaller projects that first broke ground in 2001. …

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Tacoma’s HOV Project Ends After 22 Years Of Construction

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Aug 25, 2022 · The $1.4 billion I-5 project has been a source of driver frustration for 20 years. The final portions between Fife and state Route 16 open over the weekend. Tacoma’s HOV project …

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After 22 Years And $1.4 Billion, The New I-5 HOV Lanes Open In …

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Aug 26, 2022 · The 90s-era plan called for a continuous HOV system on I-5 from Seattle south to SR 512 and another on SR 16 from I-5 to Port Orchard. Construction on the project began in …

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$1.4B I-5 Expansion In Tacoma, Washington, Complete After 2 …

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Sep 1, 2022 · After more than two decades of work, a $1.4 billion effort to build 320 miles of high-occupancy vehicle lanes in the Tacoma, Washington, area essentially wrapped with the …

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What's happening on Interstate 5 in Tacoma?

TACOMA, Wash. — After more than two decades of work, construction on Interstate 5 in Tacoma is finally wrapping up. The completion of HOV lanes in Tacoma this weekend will be the end of a 22-year project to build carpool lanes between I-5, state Route 16 and state Route 167 in Pierce County. ...

What's going on with I-5 in Tacoma?

Northbound traffic makes its usual backup through the construction zone on Interstate 5 through Tacoma, Washington on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Tony Overman [email protected] The Port of Tacoma Road on-ramp to southbound I-5 will have nightly closures as crews excavate material from the former southbound I-5 embankment, WSDOT said. ...

What's happening at the i-5/port of Tacoma Road overpass?

Drivers may have noticed work and improvements at the I-5/Port of Tacoma Road overpass in recent years. It’s part of a new interchange that will involve building a new overpass over the freeway. That project was initiated, partially funded and is managed by Fife and the Port of Tacoma. ...

What happened to Tacoma's East L Street overpass?

Tacoma’s East L Street overpass over Interstate 5 was demolished in 2019 as part of the Washington state Department of Transportation’s HOV project. A new one will eventually be rebuilt. Drew Perine [email protected] High-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lanes first arrived on I-5 in the early 1980s in Seattle. ...

Can You Drive Interstate 5 in Tacoma without a construction zone?

Photo taken on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021.d Drew Perine [email protected] Buckle your seat belts, Tacoma. You’ll need another half year of fortitude before you can drive Interstate 5 without passing through a construction zone. ...

Who is the general contractor for I-5?

Renton, Washington-based Atkinson Construction, a subsidiary of Bethesda, Maryland-based commercial and civil contracting giant Clark Construction, was the general contractor for the recently opened I-5 project. ...