Benson Road near City Hall is closing today (Friday) at about 8 p.m. for the weekend as part of the I-405 widening and interchange project.

Benson Road between Grady Way and Puget Drive will reopen at 5 a.m. Monday.

The I-405 Stage 2 contractor for the Washington state Department of Transportation, is making major modifications to Benson to accommodate a new bridge for the off-ramp to Talbot Road.

The state also is closing Benson weeknights from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. as part of the freeway work. Those closures will end in mid-May.

Local access will remain open between Puget Drive and Eagle Ridge Drive on Benson Road. The suggested detour for the closures is Puget Drive, Talbot Road and Grady Way.

I-405 corridor construction updates are posted on the I-405 construction Web site.

Other traffic-related impacts through Friday, April 2, include:

• Up to three lanes in both directions of I-405 from I-5 to SR 167 will close nightly, Saturday March 27 – Friday, April 2, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

• Up to two lanes in both directions of I-405 from SR 167 to SR 169 will close nightly, Monday – Thursday from 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.

• Up to three lanes on southbound I-405 from Southeast Eighth Street to I-90 in Bellevue will close nightly, Monday – Thursday from 8 p.m. 5 a.m. to install pavement markings.

• The on- and-off ramps from Northeast Eighth Street to southbound I-405 in Bellevue will close nightly, Monday – Thursday from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. to install pavement markings.