Lane closures, delays coming to I-5 in Thurston County over the next 2 weekends

You can expect delays during your morning commute if you’re traveling through Thurston County over the next two weekends.

The Washington state Department of Transportation announced March 6 there will be crews working from 6 a.m. to noon on March 11 and March 12, as well as on March 18 and March 19, to clean the Nisqually River Bridge.

Crews will close one lane of I-5 at the bridge for the annual cleanup, according to a news release from WSDOT.

The first weekend, northbound traffic will be reduced to two lanes. The second weekend, southbound traffic will be reduced to two lanes. People are being asked to reschedule their trips, add additional time and other measures to avoid the work zone.

Ty Vinson

The Olympian

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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