Area Construction Updates for Week of July 8

SPOKANE VALLEY

Pines from Trent to Mansfield - Southbound curb lane will be closed from 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Thursday for signal work. Pedestrians should use the sidewalk on the east side of Pines.


SPOKANE CITY

25^th Avenue Construction- Work on 25^th Avenue begins today from Freya Street to Rebecca Street. This project includes paving and curb, sidewalk and swale installation.

Euclid Ave. Water Main Replacement Work- One lane will be open in each direction from Napa to Crestline. The project will replace the current water main with a 30-inch water main in Euclid Avenue.  The new main will begin at Euclid & Mayfair and continue to Crestline, with a jog to the north around Gonzaga Prep.

Crestline Rehabilitation Project- This project will replace a 24-inch steel water main with a 36-inch ductile iron water main in Crestline St. from 57^th Ave. to Thurston Ave. then continuing to 37^th Ave. via Stone and Lee Streets.  In addition, Crestline St. from 44^th to 53^rd will be brought up to complete streets standards, including curb, sidewalk, and storm drainage.

Freya Street Sidewalk Construction- Freya from Ben Burr to 18^th Street will have traffic restrictions for sidewalk construction. There will be delays due to one way direction of traffic at a time.

Third Ave. from Division to Arthur- Work to rehabilitate Third Avenue from Division east to Arthur continues.  The project also includes replacing a 12-inch water main.  One lane of traffic remains open, and local access to businesses is maintained.  Work will continue into October.

14th Ave. from Lincoln St. to Grand Blvd.- This project will rehabilitate 14^th Avenue from Lincoln to Grand Boulevard.

Division St. DMS, Maple/Ash and Third Ave.- This project involves the construction of digital information signs over the roadway at 9 locations.  There will be intermittent lane closures at these locations during installation now through mid-September:

o   Division and Cozza

o   Waverly Place and Division

o   Gordon and Division

o   Joseph and Division

o   Broadway and Maple

o   Dean and Maple

o   Country Holmes Boulevard and Cedar

o   Third and Adams

o   Third and Bernard

Rockwood Blvd. Rehabilitation- A project to rehabilitate Rockwood Boulevard from Cowley to Southeast Boulevard and Upper Terrace Road from Rockwood Boulevard to 17th Avenue continues.  Work currently is being done on Rockwood from Southeast Blvd to Garfield and on Upper Terrace Road.  Those sections are closed to through traffic; local access will be maintained.

WSDOT

Memorial Motorcade- On Monday, July 8, around 2:30 p.m., westbound drivers on Interstate 90 between downtown Spokane and the SR 902/Medical Lake Interchange should be alert for slow traffic, stopped traffic, on-ramp closures, and delays.  Law enforcement personnel will be escorting a memorial motorcade for Firefighter John Knighten from the Spokane Convention Center to the Veteran’s Cemetery near the City of Medical Lake.  The motorcade is expected to enter westbound I-90 at the Maple Street on-ramp.

Keller Ferry Service Interuption- The Keller Ferry across the Columbia River will be out of service from midnight, Sunday, July 7^th until late afternoon on Wednesday, August 14^th drivers should plan their travels using alternate state routes.

SR 27/32^nd Ave. to Trent Ave.- Be alert for lane restrictions between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.  Pedestrians also should be alert for sidewalk restrictions when ADA ramp work is under construction or curing.  Grinding and paving operations will take place during evening and overnight hours. 

SR 291/Division Street to the Stevens County Line- Be alert for lane restrictions between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.  Pedestrians should be alert for sidewalk restrictions near intersections when ADA ramps are under construction or curing.  Grinding and/or paving work may be underway and multiple locations.  All major roadwork on this project will be underway during evening and overnight hours.  Utility cover work is also underway.  No major daytime restrictions planned.

North Spokane Corridor/Francis Avenue Bridge and Intersection Improvements- Left turn movements at the Market/Francis intersection are not allowed.  Right turns are OK. Expect congestion and long delays near the Francis Avenue and Market Street intersection, especially during the morning and afternoon commute hours.  In addition, westbound motorists on Francis should be alert for flaggers directing traffic near the BNSF railway crossing to make sure westbound vehicles don’t block the nearby rail tracks. 

I-90/Division Street to Liberty Park- Intermittent shoulder closures in the vicinity of the I-90/Hamilton Street Interchange. This project will replace conduit, poles, wiring, and light fixtures including installing luminaires on I-90 from Latah Creek to the Hamilton Interchange.

I-90/Altamont Street Interchange to Havana Street- Possible intermittent eastbound or westbound right lane restrictions for landscape trimming.

US 195/Cheney-Spokane Road Interchange- Be alert for trucks crossing the highway during evening and overnight hours.  In general, northbound US 195 is reduced to one through lane in the vicinity of Cheney-Spokane Road.  Northbound drivers need to use Qualchan Road to access Cheney-Spokane Road.  Northbound drivers should be alert for possible congestion and slowing traffic.  The southbound off ramp to Cheney-Spokane Road is now closed so drivers will need to be alert for southbound highway traffic slowing to make right turns into Cheney-Spokane Road.

 

I-90 @ Geiger Blvd., Division, Custer, and University Variable Message Signs- Drivers should be alert for multiple lane closures on westbound I-90 between the Argonne Road and Pines Road interchanges during evening and overnight hours July 8-10 to replace five existing electronic signs.    Drivers should be also be alert for lane restrictions on eastbound I-90 in downtown Spokane, near Division Street, during evening and overnight hours July 11-12.