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February 26, 2004

WSDOT uncorking an Arlington bottleneck

  • $6.5 million Smokey Point overpass project expected to boost north Snohomish County development by reducing traffic snarls.
    • By TERRY STEPHENS
    Special to the Journal

    Smokey Point overpass
    Photo by Terry Stephens
    By the end of 2005, this two-lane traffic bottleneck at Arlington's Smokey Point overpass on I-5 will be six lanes wide, helping to meet development demands.

    A widened, six-lane Interstate 5 overpass at Arlington's Smokey Point interchange won't be finished until late 2005, but the impending $6.5 million project is already promising to ease not only traffic congestion but also a backlog of economic projects in north Snohomish County.


     
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