During the three-week period between the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) permanently closes down the Alaskan Way Viaduct for and opens the new state Route 99 tunnel, traffic will be awful. Everyone will be diverted into downtown, Interstate 5, or — well, seemingly any road that goes anywhere.

During the three-week period between the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) permanently closes down the Alaskan Way Viaduct for and opens the new state Route 99 tunnel, traffic will be awful. Everyone will be diverted into downtown, Interstate 5, or — well, seemingly any road that goes anywhere.