Point Defiance Bypass Track and Signal Work

June 30, 2016 Nighttime and weekend traffic detour: Exit 119 – Barksdale Avenue

Beginning Thursday, July 14, ’s contractor, Stacy Witbeck will remove and replace the existing tracks at the intersection of Barksdale Avenue and the southbound I-5 on-ramp, as part of the Point Defiance Bypass Project. The intersection will be closed to through traffic from 8 p.m. Thursday, July 14 until 5 a.m. Friday, July 15 and from 8 p.m. Friday, July 15 until 5 a.m. Monday, July 18.

The work will occur during the day and nighttime hours.

Use Center Drive exit 118 via Wilmington Drive to access I-5 during the weekend shutdown work for Barksdale Avenue. Center Drive will temporarily be used as a truck route during this outage.

What to expect:

Neighbors, motorists and businesses can expect work along the existing rail road track route that includes

 Welding  Grading  Track installation  Noise impacts similar to a truck engine running, with occasional rail cutting and beeping.

The Point Defiance Bypass project includes a new passenger train station in Tacoma’s Freighthouse Square, new and upgraded track between Tacoma and DuPont and five reconstructed at-grade crossings, each with advanced warning and signal systems. When all work is complete in 2017 it will provide more frequent, reliable and faster passenger rail service in .

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Questions? 24-hour Track Work construction hotline: 888-298-2395 Track Work project page: soundtransit.org/point-defiance-bypass Track Work construction questions: Corrie Adams, Sound Transit, 206-903-7414 or [email protected] All other project questions: Janet Matkin, WSDOT Rail Division, 360-705-7966