The Puyallup junction where state Route 167 unceremoniously disposes southbound motorists onto North Meridian Avenue will certainly be reconstructed starting in 2025, the state Department of Transportation claimedThursday And motorists taking a trip in either instructions on SR 167 will certainly obtain one brand-new traveling lane in between Meridian and the state Route 410 interchange.
It’s all component of the following stage of the SR 167 Completion job inPierce County That multi-phase job is presently constructing an interstate in between Interstate 5 and state Route 509 with the Port of Tacoma.
On Thursday, the state Department of Transportation revealed that Guy F. Atkinson,Inc was granted the $177 million building agreement that will certainly expand a 1.8-mile area of SR 167. It’s the 3rd of 4 agreements for the job and all of them have actually been granted to Atkinson.
Phase 3
In the 3rd stage beginning in 2025, Atkinson teams will certainly expand about 1.8 miles of SR 167 from state Route 161/North Meridian Avenue in Puyallup to state Route 410 nearSumner Lanes will certainly be included what is currently the typical.
What is currently one traveling lane and one on-ramp/off-ramp lane in each instructions will certainly come to be 2 traveling lanes and a 3rd lane for getting in and leaving SR 167. Construction need to complete in 2027, according to WSDOT.
The job consists of:
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A deviating ruby interchange at SR 161/North Meridian Avenue that will certainly change the present junction.
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A bridge constructed over SR 161/North Meridian Avenue that will ultimately get in touch with a later stage of the job.
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A brand-new bridge for SR 167 over Milwaukee Avenue East.
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A section of the 12-mile spuyaləpabš Trail which will certainly run in between SR 161 and Tacoma when finished.
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Ramp meters which will certainly be mounted at the Pioneer Way East on-ramps to state Route 512.
In 2015, the old steel truss bridge over the Puyallup River was changed with a modern-day period. Since after that, the circa 1925 bridge has actually been wasting away in an area near Valley Avenue NW andNorth Meridian Avenue A section of the bridge will certainly be conserved and mounted as component of a heritage pen along the spuyaləpabš Trail.
Fourth and last
The 4th phase will certainly construct the continuing to be 2.6 miles of the expressway from I-5 in Fife to SR 161/North Meridian Avenue Drivers will certainly see the start of that throughout the forthcoming stage 3 building. Approximately 1/2-mile of embankments for the expressway will certainly be constructed in between North Meridian Avenue and the Puyallup Recreation Center.
WSDOT claimed it prepares to honor that last building agreement for the SR 167 Completion Project in summer season 2025. That phase must be finished in 2029.
Current building
Travelers on Interstate 5 have actually been viewing the structure of the present stage incomplete near the Fife contour andHylebos Creek That interstate will certainly link I-5 with SR 509 in 2026.
The initial stage of building constructed the Wapato Way East bridge over I-5 at the Fife contour in 2021. Current job entails the restoring of bridges that lug I-5 website traffic over Hylebos Creek and the structure of the interstate itself.
The 167 Completion job becomes part of WSDOT’s $2.38 billionPuget Sound Gateway Program The program is additionally prolonging SR 509 from close to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to I-5.
