Bellevue drivers are about to lose one of their I-405 overpasses, as the project to widen the freeway ramps up.
Main Street Bridge over I-405
Project engineer John Lefotu said there isn’t a lot of room on the corridor, with houses on one side and Lake Washington on the other. He said they’ve had to get really creative to find the space. “We don’t have any real estate readily available that’s affordable to anybody so we have to be very creative, and the contractor has to be even more creative to try to put these improvements in,” he said.
The Washington Department of Transportation’s Craig Smily said this will create huge backups. “Plan for a little extra time if you absolutely have to take that route, but the more people that can use transit or different routes or travel on off-peak hours will make all the difference in the world,” he said.