Beginning tonight and through Thursday, there will be intermittent land closures on Mercer Street as construction crews work on the Mercer Corridor project.
Up to three lanes of Mercer Street at Terry Avenue North and Boren Avenue North will be closed to accommodate gas-line installations and storm drain crossings at Mercer Street. One lane of traffic will remain open to vehicles at all times. The closures will happen from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. The work is the first phase of the Seattle Department of Transportation?s attempt to ease congestion in the major corridor by making Mercer Street a two-direction street, improving pedestrian and bicyclist safety and access, improving connections among area neighborhoods, improving access to and from the Seattle Center and accommodating future transit investments. The project will also create a new northern entryway to the proposed viaduct tunnel.