Westbound 128th SW Detour South Of Everett City Limits From Murphy’s Corner To I-5 Happening All Weekend

A heads-up for drivers who use 128th street between Murphy’s Corner (Mill Creek) and I-5 for a westbound closure and detour. Here are the details from WSDOT.

Our weekend closure of all westbound lanes of State Route 96/128th Street Southeast begins Friday night, July 21, as our project to install a new North Creek fish passage just northwest of Mill Creek gets rolling. This is the first of three weekend closures to build the new culvert.

Beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, July 21, until 10 p.m. Sunday, July 23, no westbound traffic will be allowed on SR 96 west of Elgin Way/Dumas Road through the work zone near McCollum Park. Eastbound traffic also will be limited to the right lane, and people should expect delays or seek alternate routes.

We will have a signed, 6.5-mile detour to lead people traveling on westbound SR 96 around the closure using southbound SR 527 to westbound 164th Street Southeast and northbound Interstate 5, but you should plan for additional travel time.

During the closure, our contractor crews will begin excavation work and place temporary shoring piles in preparation for installation of a new 25-foot-wide concrete box culvert. The new culvert will replace an 18-inch pipe culvert preventing fish in North Creek from passing beneath SR 96. Once installed, the new fish passage will open almost 2.5 miles of additional habitat to native fish species.