It’s one of the worst non-freeway chokepoints in our region — northbound State Route 9 (SR 9) getting into Snohomish. If you’ve ever tried it during the afternoon commute, you know the pain.

Work is finally underway to widen SR 9 and build a new Snohomish River Bridge, just to the west of historic downtown Snohomish. Hundreds of thousands of people have moved to that area over the last twenty years, and the highway just can’t handle the congestion.

Northbound 9 loses a lane at Marsh Road, just west of the airport, and next to all of the fun farms south of the town. The highway backs up every afternoon and can be unbearable on Fridays.

This project should change that.

“We’re going to build a new bridge just west of the current bridge, and widen State Route 9,” Washington Department of

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