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Olympic Peninsula this week: SR 525 Utility Work to Alternate Traffic Oct. 12-13

Monday, October 19, 2026

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Alternating traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive will occur daily from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 12-13 for utility work.

Alternating traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive will occur from 9 p.m. Oct. 15 to 5 a.m. Oct. 16 for utility work.

Littleneck clams, mussels, and oysters are now safe to harvest in Hood Canal as toxin levels dropped below closure limits.

SR 525 traffic alternates northbound and southbound near Admiral Drive from 9 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday for utility work.

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Olympic Peninsula this week: SR 525 Utility Work to Alternate Traffic Oct. 12-13“SR 525 Utility Work to Alternate Traffic Oct. 12-13”
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Two days of alternating traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive for utility work, starting Monday, Oct. 12.“Two days of alternating traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive for utility work, starting Monday, Oct. 12.”
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Alternating traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive will occur daily from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 12-13 for utility work.“Northbound and southbound SR 525 will alternate from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 12-13, near Admiral Drive (milepost 30) for utility work.”
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Alternating traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive will occur from 9 p.m. Oct. 15 to 5 a.m. Oct. 16 for utility work.“WSDOT will alternate northbound and southbound traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive (milepost 30) from 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, to 5 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, for utility work.”
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Littleneck clams, mussels, and oysters are now safe to harvest in Hood Canal as toxin levels dropped below closure limits.“Littleneck clams, mussels, and oysters now safe to harvest in Hood Canal; geoduck, butter, and varnish clams remain closed due to toxin levels.”
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SR 525 traffic alternates northbound and southbound near Admiral Drive from 9 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday for utility work.“Northbound and southbound SR 525 will alternate from 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, to 5 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, near Admiral Drive (milepost 30) for utility work.”

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SR 525 Utility Work to Alternate Traffic Oct. 12-13
Two days of alternating traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive for utility work, starting Monday, Oct. 12.
Northbound and southbound SR 525 will alternate from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 12-13, near Admiral Drive (milepost 30) for utility work.
The work is scheduled to end on Oct. 13, 2026, at 2:30 p.m.

SR 525 Alternating Traffic Oct. 15-16
WSDOT announces alternating traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive for utility work from 9 p.m. Oct. 15 to 5 a.m. Oct. 16.
WSDOT will alternate northbound and southbound traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive (milepost 30) from 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, to 5 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, for utility work.
The US 101 Hoh River Bridge will close nightly from 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 18, and reopen at 5:30 a.m. each morning for scaffolding removal following emergency repairs.

Shellfish closures lifted for some species in Hood Canal
Littleneck clams, mussels, and oysters now safe to harvest in Hood Canal; geoduck, butter, and varnish clams remain closed due to toxin levels.
Recent shellfish samples from Hood Canal show biotoxin levels have dropped below closure limits for certain species including littleneck clams, manila clams, mussels, and oysters.

Geoduck, butter, and varnish clams remain closed for recreational harvesting due to longer toxin retention, and Discovery Bay, Port Ludlow, and Mats Mats Bay stay closed for all species because of high paralytic shellfish poisoning levels.

SR 525 construction alternates traffic Oct. 15-16
WSDOT will alternate northbound and southbound traffic on SR 525 near Admiral Drive for utility work from 9 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday.
Northbound and southbound SR 525 will alternate from 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, to 5 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, near Admiral Drive (milepost 30) for utility work.
The temporary speed limit on eastbound and westbound SR 20 is 40 mph near Campbell Lake Road (mileposts 45.48 to 46.62) during a six-month settlement period.