Water pours over southbound I-5 in Edmonds, causes ‘significant’ delays
Oct 1, 2019, 9:07 AM | Updated: 11:11 am
Water poured onto southbound I-5 in Edmonds at 220th Street Southwest Tuesday morning.
“There is water all over the freeway on southbound I-5 in the Mountlake Terrace area,” said KIRO Radio traffic reporter Chris Sullivan at the time of the spill.
#Edmonds: Water is pouring onto southbound I-5 at 220th St SW. We're working on getting it cleaned up. In the meantime, use caution when passing through the area. pic.twitter.com/0Dyh5ERAZk
— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) October 1, 2019
The water was mostly cleared by crews around 9:30 a.m.
The spillage was caused when a Sound Transit contractor hit a water main while removing a noise wall at a nearby construction site. The water was subsequently turned off, with the City of Mountlake Terrace repairing the main.
The on-ramp on 220th to southbound I-5 was closed until 10 a.m., and caused “significant backups.”
