Drivers were greeted with long back ups across Mercer Island this morning after the Washington Department of Transportation closed a lane of eastbound I-90.
The right lane is blocked as drivers approach the East Channel Bridge on the east side of the island. A failing expansion joint is behind the closure.
“This joint has been there since 1989,” WSDOT’s Jame Polling said. “It’s had aggressive maintenance. It’s well past the end of his lifetime, and this is a temporary measure to protect it until we can get the permanent replacement in there.”
The plan is to repave the area some time in February to restore four lanes through the
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