Two Highway 99 tunnel notes tonight:

NEXT CLOSURE DATE SET: Friday night into Saturday morning, the tunnel will close both ways for maintenance and repair work. From WSDOT’s announcement:

Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will start closing northbound and southbound lanes at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, with the tunnel fully closed by 10 p.m. People going south on SR 99 will need to take the Harrison Street off-ramp, while northbound SR 99 travelers must exit at Alaskan Way. The Sixth Avenue and Royal Brougham Way on-ramps also will close at 9 p.m.

Crews will perform several important tasks during the closure, including:

-Testing fire suppression systems

-Cleaning and marking drains

-Fixing lights

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