A portion of US-12 will be closed overnight in Thurston County early next week

The portion of US-12 that runs through Grand Mound in south Thurston County will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, May 2 and May 3, for construction. Drivers in the area can expect detours that will prevent people from being in a work zone.

The affected area will be Pecan Street Southwest to Old Highway 99. Crews will be paving a new roundabout intersection at Sargent Road. The road will be closed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. both days.

According to a news release from Thurston County, the roundabout creates a north-south crossing of US-12, something the area has needed to improve traffic flow. It also will allow emergency response vehicles to have safer route alternatives during road maintenance.

For more information about the construction project in the Grand Mound and Rochester areas, visit the county’s public works website.

This story was originally published April 28, 2023 at 8:01 AM.

Ty Vinson

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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