WSDOT to close roads for Seattle fireworks show

The state will close several on and off-ramps on I-5
Wednesday night during the fireworks display on Lake Union.

You won’t be able to get off at Roanoke St., on at Boylston
Ave., or off at Mercer St. after 9:00 p.m.

Kris Olsen with the Washington State Department of
Transportation says drivers tend to slow down for the big
show.

“As you start getting closer to Lake Union and Mercer,
people want to kind of pull a little bit, but they can’t do
that. It’s just too dangerous.”

The closures will last until the show is over and you should
expect extra congestion around the city, especially near Gas
Works Park.