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I-5 rest stops in Thurston County will close briefly for maintenance in coming weeks

Two I-5 rest areas will close temporarily at the beginning of May for routine maintenance, according to a news release from the Washington State Department of Transportation.

The Maytown Safety Rest Area on southbound I-5 will close from 11 p.m. May 2 to 5 p.m. May 5.

The Scatter Creek Safety Rest Area on northbound I-5 will close from 11 p.m. May 9 to 5 p.m. May 12.

The department does yearly maintenance on rest areas, according to the release. Real-time traffic information can be found on WSDOT’s Twitter feed, or through the department’s app.

This story was originally published April 29, 2022 at 9:30 AM.

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
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