We’re almost through the “Month of Hell” on I-5 through Seattle, but commuters need to realize that this was just the appetizer. The main course will be served over the next two years.

For every one of you who struggled through the lane closures on the Ship Canal Bridge and fought your way through the loss of the southbound express lanes, please pat yourselves on the back. You deserve it. This has not been easy.

But this was just a practice run. This was only one month. There will be two, four-month extended lane closures on the northbound Ship Canal Bridge in 2026.

“We’ll work for about four months, and then we will pause and pick everything up when the World Cup comes to town,” Tom Pearce, spokesperson for the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), said. “Once the World Cup

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