Demolition of Hansen Road overpass to begin in early July

MOSES LAKE — Demolition should begin in early July on the Hansen Road overpass on Interstate 90 near Moses Lake.  

“The Washington State Department of Transportation awarded the demolition contract last week to N.A. Degerstrom and are working to finalize the schedule,” wrote Summer Derrey, WSDOT assistant communications manager for the South Central region, in a press release. 

Replacement of two other I-90 bridges between Moses Lake and Quincy is scheduled for 2027, Derrey said. 

“(The Department of Transportation) has secured funding to replace both the Adams Road and Hiawatha Road overpasses,” Derrey said. “Construction on those two structures is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2027 with the new bridges opening in the fall (or) winter of 2027.”  

Some road projects are already underway, and more are scheduled to start by the end of June. 

Drivers in Quincy will need to find some alternate routes through some sections of Quincy, beginning in late June. Quincy Engineer Ariel Belino said major roadwork on A Street Northeast and Jackrabbit Way will require closing sections of both roads.  

“We’re closing Third Avenue Northeast at the intersection of A (Street Northeast), and we’re probably closing Jackrabbit Street from Sixth Avenue all the way to Columbia Way,” Belino said.  

The work on A Street Northeast will start June 22, Belino said, and construction on Jackrabbit Way starts two or three weeks later. 

A section of Quincy’s A Street Northeast will be repaved, with sidewalks added on one side of the street and a guardrail between the street and the train tracks on the other side. The work on Jackrabbit Street will include improvements from Quincy High School east to Columbia Way, with the road widened and sidewalks, curb and gutters and infrastructure upgrades.  

Drivers in Ephrata also should be on the lookout for road improvements, although not road reconstruction. Construction crews will be sweeping and cleaning streets, then adding an overlay of oil and rock chips. An overlay, called a fog seal, will be added about a week after initial application. City Engineer Shawn O’Brien said sections of Frey Road and First Avenue Northwest will be reconfigured to add more parking spaces and bike lanes.  

Ephrata Public Works Director Rob Harris said the work will begin after the July 4 weekend. 

Sections of A Street Southeast, First Avenue Northwest and Third Avenue Northeast will be affected, along with northwest and southwest sections of Alder Street, Railroad and Airport streets at the Port of Ephrata, and sections of Fourth Avenue Northwest-Frey Road.  

City Engineer Shawn O’Brien said sections of Frey Road and First Avenue Northwest will be reconfigured to add more parking spaces and bike lanes. 

Construction has been underway for about a month on a new roundabout at the intersection of SR 17 and West Cunningham Road near Othello, and it will continue for about six weeks.  

There’s 24-hour traffic control at the intersection until the project is completed in mid-July. 

“One-way alternating traffic controlled by temporary signals will remain in place, including weekends and off-duty hours,” Sebastian Moraga, communications consultant with the Washington State Department of Transportation North Central region, said in an earlier interview.  

Construction crews will be working from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, Moraga said. 

There are detour routes with signs via Lee Road to the west of SR 17, Booker Road to the east, and State Route 26 to the south for people who want to avoid the intersection.   

Travelers on Interstate 90 will encounter a repaving project on the east side of the Vantage Bridge near George, and the bridge itself is in its third year of deck replacement. 

Crews are working on repaving sections of the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-90 between the bridge and George. Moraga said crews will be working at night, so drivers should plan accordingly.  

“Work will occur from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday each week,” Moraga said. “Contractors will repave and restripe approximately 11 miles of I-90 to extend the service life of the pavement.”  

Projected completion date is about Aug. 7 

It’s the third year of construction on the Vantage Bridge, with work in the daytime – but traffic restrictions and reduced speed limits in the work zone are in place 24 hours per day.   

    Cars travel through the intersection of SR 17 and West Cunningham Road in Othello, where a roundabout is under construction.