Traveling this weekend? Look out for road closures
Flooding, fallen trees, and landslides are wreaking havoc on roads across western Washington. The state Department of Transportation (WSDOT) reported over a dozen closures as of Friday.
As of about 4 p.m. Friday, closures and other impacts included:
Thurston County roads
Anderson Road Southwest: Closed north of U.S. 12 due to local flooding.
Conine Avenue Southeast: Closed due to flooding.
Durgin Road Southeast: Closed due to flooding.
Old Pacific Highway Southeast: At Kuhlman Road Southeast, detour on Kuhlman Road Southeast toward Nisqually Cut Off Road Southeast; at Reservation Road Southeast, detour on Reservation Road Southeast toward State Route 510.
Riverside Drive Southeast: Closed due to flooding.
Sixth Avenue Southeast: Closed due to water over the roadway.
Tilley Road: Speed limit reduced to 25 miles per hour in areas due to water on the roadway.
State roads
State Route 202: Closed both directions north of Southeast Eighth Street, about milepost 17 due to fallen trees blocking all lanes; at milepost 24, eastbound and westbound traffic is alternating due to water over the roadway.
State Route 410: Closed both directions from Mud Mountain Road to east of Greenwater due to water over the roadway.
State Route 131: Closed both directions from milepost 0 at the U.S. 12 intersection to near Cispus Road due to water over the roadway.
State Route 162: Closed both directions at near South Prairie Creek due to water over the roadway.
State Route 169: Closed both directions from 196th Avenue Southeast to Southeast 231st Street due to water over the roadway.
State Route 900: Closed both directions from Talus Drive to Southeast May Valley Road due to water over the roadway.
State Route 706: Closed both directions near Kernahan Road East due to a landslide.
State Route 4: Closed both directions from milepost 22 to milepost 26 near Mullen Road due to a mudslide.
State Route 530: Alternating eastbound and westbound traffic east of Suiattle River Road due to water over the roadway.
State Route 508: Closed both directions due to a mudslide.
Those who choose to brave the conditions and venture out this weekend can keep up-to-date using:
- WSDOT’s travel alerts webpage: https://www.wsdot.com/traffic/trafficalerts/
- WSDOT’s Tacoma Traffic Twitter account: https://twitter.com/wsdot_tacoma
- WSDOT’s mobile app: https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/travel/know-before-you-go/mobile-app
- WSDOT’s mountain pass webpage: https://www.wsdot.com/traffic/passes/
- Thurston County’s travel impacts webpage: https://www.co.thurston.wa.us/publicworks/travelImpacts.html
This story was originally published February 7, 2020 at 9:36 AM.
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