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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Passing on for your information.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Crossing the Cut this summer? Montlake Bridge closures begin in August<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white'>Program news of the week <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=700 style='width:525.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><a name="gd_top" id="gd_top"></a></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id="gd_ab_main_tab"><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id="gd_ab_header"><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;background:white;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><span style='color:black'><img width=590 height=104 style='width:6.15in;height:1.0833in' id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WADOT/2018/10/2194200/2951660/sr520-news-of-the-week-banner_crop.jpg" alt="Washington State Department of Transportation State Route 520 Program News of the Week logo"></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'><span style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></span></div><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></div></div></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;background:white;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id="gd_ab_main_body"><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in'><a name="link_1" id="link_1"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Crossing the Cut this summer? Montlake Bridge closures begin in August</span></a><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>WSDOT contractor crews will begin a two-phased <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTAzMjUuMzc3MzE5OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3dzZG90LndhLmdvdi9wcm9qZWN0cy9zcjUxMy9tb250bGFrZS1icmlkZ2UvaG9tZSJ9.D2p5FysBN-lbvYs9Mta4bwRuJEQv8r1gM6UG1O-4FpM/s/1116418357/br/100692361486-l"><span style='color:#1D5782'>preservation project</span></a> this summer on the SR 513 Montlake Bridge. This project is separate from construction on SR 520, but crews will coordinate work to reduce effects on the community. A new <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTAzMjUuMzc3MzE5OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3dzZG90YmxvZy5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb20vMjAyMS8wMy9zZWF0dGxlcy1tb250bGFrZS1icmlkZ2UtZ2V0dGluZy1zb21lLmh0bWwifQ.gJ0KMH2tCBCpb-LDS-6d11kou8z-CVRhUwn2QwyAlvc/s/1116418357/br/100692361486-l"><span style='color:#1D5782'>blog</span></a> explains the urgent need for this work and how to stay informed.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Phase 1 – Road closed for 26 days this summer</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Beginning in August, we will close the Montlake Bridge to vehicles around the clock for 26 days to replace the metal grates on the bridge’s roadway surface. The bridge’s sidewalks will stay open.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=580 height=435 style='width:6.0416in;height:4.5333in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WADOT/2021/03/4290123/sr520-picture-montlakebridgedeckmetalgrating_original.jpg" alt="The metal grating on the Montlake Bridge that crews will replace this summer."></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdcaption style='margin-bottom:0in'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The metal grating on the Montlake Bridge that crews will replace this summer.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Phase 2 – Road and sidewalks closed on weekends this fall</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>For up to five full weekends in the fall, we will close the bridge for everyone who drives, walks, or rolls across the Montlake Cut. We’ll keep the bridge in the raised position as we restore the components that open and close the drawspans, just as they’ve done for the last 96 years.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=580 height=386 style='width:6.0416in;height:4.0166in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WADOT/2021/03/4290124/sr520-picture-montlakebridgeraised_original.jpg" alt="The Montlake Bridge raised roadway as boats pass underneath on the water."></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=gdcaption style='margin-bottom:0in'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Montlake Bridge will stay raised during several weekends of work this fall.</span></i><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div></div><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>How to reach us and stay informed about the SR 520:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Call </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>the SR 520 Program information line (206-770-3554, M-F 8 a.m. - 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