State transportation officials in Washington were forced to close a highway entrance ramp after dozens of frustrated motorists began driving the wrong way down the road to bypass a massive construction detour.
The emergency closures occurred along southbound Interstate 405 in Kirkland, where the Washington State Department of Transportation has been managing a major fish passage restoration project. The work, which began Friday evening, required shutting down all southbound lanes to cut through the roadway and build an underground fish migration tunnel.
