Major intersection work could create driver headaches

Published 2:00 pm Monday, February 8, 2016

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One of the busiest intersections in Bellevue will be closed at various times over the next week as road construction crews straighten it out.

The intersection of 120th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Eighth Street — an askew junction where drivers have to take unorthodox ways to get across the road — will have lane closures in the northbound lane of 120th Avenue and eastbound lanes of Northeast Eighth Street. The lanes will be closed for asphalt grinding and paving from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The final product will be a four-way intersection.

“It will eliminate the existing, skewed alignment that requires northbound drivers to make a jog to the west before continuing north on 120th Avenue,” a city press release said.

Work at the intersection is part of a larger project to widen and improve 120th Avenue Northeast.

The new and improved intersection is expected to open to traffic on Feb. 16 with temporary striping and a temporary U-turn on Northeast Eighth Street from the eastbound to westbound direction. Construction is weather dependent and that schedule could change.

Access to the Mercedes dealership will be from the newly realigned 120th Avenue.

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