The Highway 520 floating bridge will close westbound most of this weekend, while light rail passengers must hop into buses to bypass a Beacon Hill tunnel closure.

Despite those obstacles, travel should be easier than we’ve seen some weekends. I-405 in Renton will skip a construction closure because of rain in the forecast, while major interchange and lane additions to Highway 18 in Snoqualmie were completed last weekend. Mainline lane reductions at the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge won’t resume until Halloween weekend, though the express lanes will close Sunday.

The Washington State Department of Transportation is limiting the 520 closure so it won’t obstruct fans heading to the Huskies football game against Illinois, kicking off at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

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