One of the busiest construction seasons on Interstate 90 east of Snoqualmie Pass is wrapping up for winter. Rock blasting closures are complete for the season, a new section of roadway is open to traffic, and roadside work zones will be cleared by mid-November.

A new 2-mile stretch of wider roadway near the Price Creek area opened last Friday, about 9 miles east of the Snoqualmie Pass summit. Earlier this summer, one of two new avalanche bridges opened to traffic and the westbound wildlife overcrossing started taking shape. All this work is part of the major improvement project widening I-90 from four to six lanes between Hyak and Easton.

Since April, the Washington State Department of Transportation and contractor crews also replaced about 4 miles of deteriorating sections of roadway between the Easton and Cle Elum areas and another 15-mile section in Ellensburg.

 – Washington State DOT