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SPECIAL TRAFFIC ALERT FOR WASHINGTON STATE

Due to the partial collapse of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river at Mount Vernon, Interstate 5 is closed in both directions south of Burlington and traffic is being diverted. Mount Vernon is about 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada Border.
I-5 is closed in both directions in Skagit County south of Burlington. Traffic is being diverted off southbound I-5 at Exit 230. For an alternate route, take eastbound SR 20, then south on S. Burlington Blvd. and west on E. College Way (SR 538) to southbound I-5.

Northbound I-5 traffic must exit at Exit 227. An alternate route is east to E. College Way to northbound Riverside Drive-S. Burlington Boulevard, then west on George Hopper Road to I-5.

To use SR 9 as an alternate northbound route, bypassing Mount Vernon, take Exit 221 at SR 534 east to northbound SR 9 to SR 20 westbound to I-5.

For up to date information, please visit the Washington State Department of Transportation at wsdot.wa.gov/construction/pugetsound/today.htm

 

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