N 185th Street closure between Aurora Avenue N and Midvale Avenue in Shoreline

ShorelineAreaNews

N 185th Street between Aurora Avenue N and Midvale Avenue N will be partially closed during the day and fully closed at night between Monday, August 23 and Friday August 27. Closure is needed so the City of Shoreline’s Aurora Corridor Project contractor can complete excavation, grading and paving at this location.

The amount of earthwork and grade change at this location is significant. Completing this work at one time shortens the duration of overall traffic impacts at this location on N 185th Street.

Closure details:

• During the day (5:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.), one westbound lane on N 185th Street will remain open between Aurora Avenue N and Midvale Avenue. All eastbound lanes on N 185th Street location will be closed. 
• At night (7:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m.), all lanes on N 185th Street between Aurora Avenue N and Midvale Avenue will be fully closed. 
• The contractor anticipates opening all lanes at the end of the day on Friday, August 27. If there are complications resulting in the need to finish work on Monday, August 30, a single westbound lane would be open 24‐hours a day over the weekend of August 28. All eastbound lanes would remain closed. 
• King County Metro buses that utilize this segment of N 185th Street will be re‐routed. 
• The intersection at N 185th Street and Midvale Avenue N will remain operational, providing access to the Gateway Plaza complex, Sky Nursery, and other surrounding businesses. Drivers will also be able to utilize the public roadway through Gateway Plaza.

Drivers and pedestrians are encouraged to take alternate routes during this time and should pay attention to construction signage, variable message boards and flaggers. All businesses are open during construction and the City of Shoreline encourages shoppers to utilize local businesses. Business driveways are delineated with construction barrels and marked with blue “Business Access” signs.

The City of Shoreline’s Aurora Corridor Project is redeveloping the three miles of Aurora Avenue N that run through Shoreline. Improvements include wider sidewalks separated from the roadway by landscaping and other amenities, traffic and pedestrian-level lighting, and landscaped center medians with left‐ and U‐turn pockets. These improvements continue the community’s vision for Aurora by improving safety, promoting economic development, easing congestion, enhancing environmental quality and adding more pedestrian amenities. The City completed improvements to the first mile, between N 145th and N 165th Streets, in 2007.