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Emergency I-5 Pothole Repair Near JBLM Could Cause Delays Thursday
The emergency I-5 repairs will affect northbound lanes until the early evening, officials say.

DUPONT, WA - State construction crews will close a lane of northbound I-5 today to fix a pothole. The repair will begin around 10:30 a.m.
The repair will take place at mid-Joint Base Lewis-McChord near DuPont, just north of Steilacoom-DuPoint Road Southwest. The Washington State Department of Transportation will close the right northbound lane with two rolling slowdowns.
Expect delays into the early evening, WSDOT says.
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Emergency repairs on pesky pothole on NB I-5 in DuPont. We'll close right lane w/ 2 rolling slowdowns. Possible backups thru early PM pic.twitter.com/g0HWQTpiIf
— WSDOT Tacoma Traffic (@wsdot_tacoma) March 16, 2017
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