Driving I-5 or SR 7 on Tuesday? Prepare for closures and a detour

Southbound Interstate 5 will be reduced to a single lane in Tacoma on Tuesday evening, according to the state Department of Transportation website.

Lane closures between Port of Tacoma Road and Delin Street will start at 8 p.m. and three lanes will be closed starting at 11:59 p.m. The lanes are scheduled to reopen at 6 a.m. Wednesday.

Starting Tuesday, a two-week single-lane closure starts on southbound I-5 between Interstate 705 and state Route 7. The lane is expected to reopen July 3.

Crews are working to reconstruct the road’s shoulder.

Also on Tuesday, a section of state Route 7 will close near Eatonville, according to a tweet by Mount Rainier National Park that urged visitors to detour through Eatonville. The road will be closed between routes 702 and 161 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The closure can be bypassed by following the Eatonville Cutoff Road and Route 161 to Eatonville then Route 161 or the Alder Cutoff Road back to Route 7.

This story was originally published June 19, 2017 at 3:15 PM with the headline "Driving I-5 or SR 7 on Tuesday? Prepare for closures and a detour."