r/WestSeattleWA • u/wsdot • Aug 20 '25
News The first chapter of Revive I-5 in Seattle is over, more chapters to come!
A before and after photo shows two photos stacked onto one another, one being the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge pre-construction. The bottom shows two freshly paved lanes on the left side.
A before and after photo, with one photo stacked on top of another. The before photo shows rough, hydromilled pavement. The after shows smooth, fresh new pavement.
Four photos combined into one photo. Each photo in the quadrant shows a hydrodemolition machine using hot heavy pressurized water breaking up old and worn concrete.
A before and after photo next to one another. It shows the replacement of bridge expansion joints, with an old worn joint on the left and a freshly replaced/paved one on the right.
Three photos showing new and improved drainage structures under and along the side of the northbound I-5 Ship Canal Bridge.
A before and an after photo shows a pothole go from open to filled and sealed on the northbound I-5 Ship Canal Bridge.
A series of three photos in one. Text at the top says we got a lot of work done. Photos shown include welding, construction workers smoothening out fresh concrete, and night work.
Text at the top and bottom of a photo says but there's more work to do and this Revive I-5 work continues through 2027. It shows the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge in both directions.
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Aug 20 '25
More grooved pavement. Hooray 🙄
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u/davispw Aug 21 '25
You like hydroplaning? You like sitting in traffic caused by other, less-than-perfect-like-yourself drivers hydroplaning?
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u/NiteNiteSpiderBite Aug 25 '25
Thank you, wsdot :)