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Washington State Department of Transportation
Northwest Region – 15700 Dayton Avenue – Shoreline, WA 98133 – 206-440-4000
TRAVEL ADVISORY
Sept. 12, 2024
Contact: David Rasbach, communications, 206-719-0603 (mobile)
SR 202 will close for five days Sept. 15-20 to install fish passage north of Redmond
REDMOND – Both directions of State Route 202 will close for five days just north of Northeast 124th Street to remove a barrier to fish swimming in two creeks that feed into Sammamish Creek north of Redmond.
Beginning at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, through noon Friday, Sept. 20, both directions of SR 202/Redmond-Woodinville Road Northeast will close north of Northeast 124th Street. Signed detours between Redmond and Woodinville will use Northeast 124th Street, Interstate 405 and SR 522. People walking, biking or rolling should use the Sammamish River Trail.
Access to businesses and residences along SR 202 north of Northeast 124th Street will remain open, but people should approach from Woodinville and add time to their travel plans.
Installing a new culvert
During the closure, contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will excavate a section of SR 202, install an 81-foot-by-27-foot three-sided concrete culvert, fill around the new structure and repave the highway.
Since mid-July, crews have combined High School Creek and an unnamed tributary to Sammamish Creek northeast of the SR 202/Northeast 124th Street intersection into one channel that will pass through the new culvert. The new structure will open nearly 3.5 miles of native habitat for coho, resident trout, steelhead, sockeye and sea-run cutthroat.
A 10-day, continuous closure of the right turn lane from eastbound SR 202 to westbound Northeast 124th Street is scheduled to begin after the five-day full closure.
Real-time travel information is available via the WSDOT mobile app, the WSDOT Travel Center Map or by signing up for WSDOT's email updates.
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