Road construction projects starting to wrap up

QUINCY — Labor Day is in the rear-view mirror, school is back in session, football season is here, and the road construction season is in the home stretch. Some projects are wrapping up, some will continue through the end of October, and some will just keep going until they're done.  

The work on A Street Northeast in Quincy is nearing completion. Curb and gutter installation is scheduled through Monday, said City Engineer Ariel Belino. Paving the road is scheduled for Sept. 21. 

"Barring any unforeseen conflicts, the construction work should be wrapped up by the end of September," Belino wrote in response to a question from the Columbia Basin Herald 

The street is being rebuilt from the intersection with Third Avenue Northeast to Sixth Avenue Northeast, with the construction wrapping around the corner on Sixth Avenue to B Street Northeast.  

The intersection at A Street and Third Avenue is open during the period children are going to and from school and closed the rest of the time. The intersection is accessible from 8:30 to 10 a.m. and 2:30 to 4 p.m. Monday, and Tuesday through Friday from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 4 p.m. 

The road will be repaved with sidewalks added on one side of the street and a guardrail between the street and railroad tracks on the opposite side. 

A project to improve safety at intersections along SR 17 north of Othello begins Monday. 

Adams County Engineer Scott Yeager said the “high volume corridor” traffic safety project will add what are known as stop bars – those strips in the road coming up to a stop sign – at intersections of county roads and SR 17. Upgraded stop signs and rumble strips also are part of the project. Fourteen intersections are scheduled for upgrades. 

While construction season is winding down, work on the Hansen Road overpass on Interstate 90 in Moses Lake will keep going until it's rebuilt, which is scheduled for late 2026 or early 2027. The bridge was demolished in July; it had been closed to traffic since January.  

Sebastian Moraga, communications consultant with the Washington Department of Transportation, said both lanes of I-90 are open for the duration of the project. Eastbound travelers will be restricted to one lane.  

With there being no bridge, travelers trying to access the areas north and south of I-90 will have to take alternate routes. 

“Eastbound travelers accessing the communities to the north and south of Hansen Road will need to use exit 169 at Hiawatha Road and follow detour routes via the North and South Frontage roads,” he said. “Westbound travelers accessing the community to the north of Hansen Road can now use exit 174 at Hansen Road, and for access to area to the community to the south, westbound travelers will need to use exit 169 and follow the detour route along South Frontage Road.”