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State Route 18 closed Aug. 29 and 30 for roadwork

Published 4:00 pm Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Drivers who use state Route 18 near Tiger Mountain State Forest and Auburn should prepare for full closures and detours from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, and 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30.

Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will close both directions of SR 18 between Issaquah-Hobart Road Southeast and Interstate 90 for paving, guardrail and tree removal work.

Eastbound drivers will be detoured onto Issaquah-Hobart Road Southeast.

Drivers on Snoqualmie Parkway and I-90 who wish to go westbound on SR 18 will be detoured onto westbound I-90.

In addition, all westbound lanes of SR 18 from Southeast 304th Place to Southeast Auburn-Black Diamond Road will be closed for tree removal work.

Drivers will be detoured onto state Route 516 in Covington.

Drivers can get real-time traffic information on their phone with the WSDOT traffic app, by tracking the WSDOT traffic Twitter feed, and get advanced information from the What’s Happening Now page.