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All northbound I-405 lanes reopen near NE 44th Street after early-morning crash

Aug 28, 2026, 6:17 AM | Updated: 7:15 am

I-405 NE 44th street block...

Screenshot of WSDOT traffic cameras capturing the collision and slowdown on northbound I-405. (Photo courtesy of WSDOT)

(Photo courtesy of WSDOT)

Multiple lanes of northbound I-405 were blocked early Friday morning after a collision occurred early Friday morning.

The crash happened near NE 44th Street, milepost 7. Three lanes were initially closed, but all of them reopened just before 7:15 a.m.

“If you are coming up NB 167 and heading to Bellevue, go west on SB 405 to I-5 and take I-90,” KIRO Newsradio traffic reporter Chris Sullivan said. “You do not want to get on NB 405 right now. Only the HOV lane is open north of 30th.”

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