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WSDOT announces multiple road closures for October“WSDOT highway construction and road closures within 50 miles of Bellingham — 10/12/2026:”
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State Route 544 traffic near Golf View Drive to Raspberry Drive will alternate with flaggers from 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 to 5 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 for utilities work.“544 [10 mi from Bellingham]: From 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 to 5 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, State Route 544 traffic near Golf View Drive to Raspberry Drive (milepost 2) will alternate with flaggers for utilities work.”
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State Route 544 traffic near Golf View Drive to Raspberry Drive will alternate with flaggers from 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 to 5 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 for utilities work.“544 [10 mi from Bellingham]: From 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 to 5 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, State Route 544 traffic near Golf View Drive to Raspberry Drive (milepost 2) will alternate with flaggers for utilities work.”
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Northbound I-5 will be reduced to a single lane nightly from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, through Friday morning, Oct. 16, near the Alger/Lake Samish Road exit for a project correcting fish migration barriers.“005 [12 mi from Bellingham]: Northbound I-5 will be reduced to a single lane from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly Monday, Oct. 12, through Friday morning, Oct. 16, near the Alger/Lake Samish Road exit (milepost 240-242) for construction as part of a project correcting 17 barriers to fish migration.”
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The northbound I-5 Custer rest area will close from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, for maintenance work, with other rest areas available on the WSDOT website.“005 [13 mi from Bellingham]: The northbound I-5 Custer rest area will close from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, for maintenance work. Other rest areas are available on the WSDOT website.”
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WSDOT highway construction and road closures within 50 miles of Bellingham — 10/12/2026:
544 [10 mi from Bellingham]: From 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 to 5 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, State Route 544 traffic near Golf View Drive to Raspberry Drive (milepost 2) will alternate with flaggers for utilities work.
Effective: Oct 1, 2026, 3:40 PM
Expected end: Oct 15, 2026, 5:00 AM
542 [11 mi from Bellingham]: Daily from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. beginning Monday, Oct. 5 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, State Route 542 traffic from Finsrud Road (milepost 11) to James Road (milepost 17) will alternate with flaggers for utilities work.
Effective: Oct 1, 2026, 3:50 PM
Expected end: Oct 16, 2026, 2:30 PM
005 [12 mi from Bellingham]: Northbound I-5 will be reduced to a single lane from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly Monday, Oct. 12, through Friday morning, Oct. 16, near the Alger/Lake Samish Road exit (milepost 240-242) for construction as part of a project correcting 17 barriers to fish migration.
Effective: Oct 9, 2026, 9:22 AM
Expected end: Oct 16, 2026, 5:00 AM
005 [13 mi from Bellingham]: The northbound I-5 Custer rest area will close from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, for maintenance work. Other rest areas are available on the WSDOT website.
Effective: Oct 9, 2026, 9:56 AM
Expected end: Oct 13, 2026, 4:00 PM
020 [22 mi from Bellingham]: The temporary speed limit on eastbound and westbound SR 20 is 40 mph near Campbell Lake Road (mileposts 45.48 to 46.62) during a six-month settlement period. An advisory speed of 30 mph is posted through a curve where banking was removed.
Construction of a new roundabout at the intersection will resume in spring 2027.
Effective: Sep 4, 2026, 8:25 AM
536 [24 mi from Bellingham]: Expect intermittent closures of the sidewalk over the SR 536 Skagit River Bridge to pedestrians, bicyclists and people using mobility devices between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily to sand blast the western span of the bridge. When the sidewalk is closed, a free, ADA-complaint shuttle service will be available, with pickup locations on both sides of the river.
More on project webpage.
Effective: Oct 7, 2026, 8:54 AM
536 [24 mi from Bellingham]: The SR 536 Skagit River Bridge is closed to eastbound traffic to repaint the bridge. Eastbound vehicles should detour using eastbound SR 20 and southbound I-5.
The bridge remains open to westbound traffic. Pedestrians bicycles and emergency vehicles may use the bridge in both directions.
More information on project webpage
Effective: Jun 5, 2026, 9:06 AM
005 [25 mi from Bellingham]: The right lane of northbound I-5 will close from 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, to 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, between Sherman Anderson Road and Kincade Street (mileposts 225-226) for maintenance work.
Effective: Oct 9, 2026, 10:09 AM
Expected end: Oct 15, 2026, 4:30 AM