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I-90 across the Columbia River is about to face 24/7 lane closures. Here’s how long it’ll last and what travelers should know.

With only a handful of cougar sightings last year, this one at I-90 is a big deal.

Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) are nearly four weeks into their efforts to reopen the North Cascades Highway for the season. The 37-mile stretch of State Route 20, which includes Rainy and Washington Passes, closes annually during the winter months from the Ross Dam Trailhead to Silver Star due to heavy snow and persistent avalanche risks...

It could be several more weeks before State Route 971 (SR-971) near Chelan is completely reopened. A 2.4-mile section of the highway on South Lakeshore Road was shutdown in the early morning hours of March 3 after a large rockslide rendered the roadway impassable...

Several large rocks tumbled onto U.S. Highway 97A late Friday night, closing the highway for several hours. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) says the rocks came down just north of Entiat near milepost 218 sometime around 11 p...

Speed limit cameras will soon be placed inside active road construction zones in Washington State. The Work Zone Speed Camera Program will go online later this month with a goal of reducing the instances of speeding in areas where active construction and maintenance are happening on the state's roadways...

According to the Washington State Department of Transportation, a project to improve 34 miles of railroad track between Davenport and Wilbur recently received a $37.7 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration.  DOT says the grant, from the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program, will be used to continue enhancements on the state-owned Palouse River and Coulee

Drivers on Interstate-90 can now check the real-time status of traffic at the Vantage Bridge. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) has updated the travel times page at its website to include the state's only Interstate span across the Columbia River...

A fifteen-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 2 (U.S. 2) near Leavenworth will be closed next Wednesday (Sept. 25). The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) is shutting down the roadway through Tumwater Canyon so it can perform pre-winter maintenance...

Scientists with Washington State University’s Freight Policy Transportation Institute are reaching out to regional stakeholders as part of a newly launched independent review of a state-contacted analysis of transport impacts from potential breaching of the four lower Snake Rivers dams.  The...