 June 13, 2025
Grab your popcorn and your alternate routes: It’s summer blockbuster season. Except our blockbusters involve busting literal blocks. They also involve lane reductions, detours, delays and – occasionally – some drama. Coming to a highway near you.
Let’s get this out of the way: If you’re heading to a game, festival, concert, Great Aunt Tilda’s across the state…you’re almost certainly going to encounter road work. Yes, even during that MAJOR EVENT you circled on your calendar months ago.
If you feel like you’ve seen this movie before, it’s because the past few summers have been packed with roadwork. This summer will be especially tough with bigger projects spread out over more parts of the state.
2025 construction season picks up after July 4 Weekend in the Northend
 Here's the thing, you will likely encounter roadwork in the Northend this summer, more than last year. Do your homework, plan ahead for big events, give extra time, stay tuned for the highlight reels. Here are the upcoming projects in the Northend:
6. I-5/SR 20/SR 11/SR 539 – Northwest Region/North and South Strategic Pavement Preservation
17. I-5 Secret Creek Fish Passage (ongoing)
18. I-5 Tributaries, Friday, Lake, Chuckanut Fish Passage (ongoing)
19. SR 542 Bagley Creek Bridge – Bridge Scour (begins July)
20. I-5 SB Nooksack River to Blaine – Paving
We’ll have 117 major projects around the state this summer! Read more about those projects here: wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/send-in-cones-youre-probably-going-to.html
We often have special events and roadwork taking place in the Northend, including construction projects, maintenance and repairs. We always try to minimize any effects to travel, but sometimes it is necessary to close a lane to do the work or create a safe work zone for our crews.
While we aren't doing a lot of roadwork this week, our crews will still be out monitoring and keeping the roads safe. If you spot them, slow down and give them space to work! A huge thanks to our crews for all their hard work.
Want more information? Visit our real time travel center, where these projects and repairs can be found on our travel map, and download our app to receive alerts directly to your smartphone.
|
Friday, June 13
Friday, June 13 and Saturday, June 14
- WWU will be holding Spring commencement ceremonies at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Friday June 13th and again at 9 a.m., 12 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, June 14th. Travelers should expect to see electronic signage messaging on I-5, south of Bellingham near mile marker 250.
Monday, June 16 to Friday, June 20
-
From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays through Tuesday, July 4 (no work on Juneteenth), both directions of State Route 20 between the town of Concrete (milepost 90) and the entrance to North Cascades National Park (milepost 109) will alternate through a single lane with flaggers on site for PSE work.
Until further notice, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, SnoPUD crews will alternate traffic on State Route 530 between 171st Avenue Northeast (milepost 29) and Oso Loop Road (milepost 34) for vegetation clearing/trimming and utility line work.
-
Until further notice, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays (no work June 18-20), Ziply crews will alternate traffic on State Route 530 immediately west of the Town of Darrington (mileposts 46-48) for utility work.
-
From 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly (no work Friday and Saturday nights, and no work June 18-21) through Monday, June 30, both directions of State Route 20 between Southeast 3rd Avenue/Southeast Cabot Drive (milepost 32) and Northeast Midway Boulevard/Northeast Goldie Road (milepost 33) will have a lane closed at the intersection with flaggers on site for Ziply work.
Monday, June 16 to Tuesday June 17
Wednesday, June 18
- From 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. the left lane on northbound I-5 just north of the Samish River (milepost 234) will be closed for guardrail repairs
Thursday, June 18
-
From 9 p.m. Thursday, June 18 to 5 a.m. Friday, June 19 (Juneteenth), flaggers will be present at the intersection of State Route 20 and Campbell Lake Road (milepost 46) for POTELCO utility work.
|
