I-90 floating bridge right now — cameras, travel times, closures
No alerts on this stretch · checked 9:13 am
Cameras
I-90 at MP 4.2: East Portal, Mt Baker Tunnel
9:12 am
Camera image: WSDOT
I-90 at MP 5: Floating Bridge Midspan
9:12 am
Camera image: WSDOT
I-90 at MP 8: N Mercer Wy
9:12 am
Camera image: WSDOT
Stops before the crossing
- Borracchini's Bakery Exit 3 · 2 min off the ramp
- Roanoke Inn Exit 6 · 1 min off the ramp
- La Fête Pâtisserie Française Exit 7 · 1 min off the ramp
Tolls, HOV lanes and wind closures
No toll
The I-90 floating bridge carries no toll. WSDOT's list of Washington's tolled roads, bridges and tunnels names SR 520, the SR 99 tunnel, the Tacoma Narrows bridge, SR 509, SR 167 and the I-405 express toll lanes — and not this crossing.
Source: WSDOT · toll roads, bridges & tunnelsHOV lanes
The inside lanes are HOV lanes — carpools, vanpools, buses and motorcycles. WSDOT does not fix one statewide number for how many people that takes: the requirement is whatever the sign on the lane says while HOV rules are in force, so read the sign rather than a rule of thumb.
Source: WSDOT · HOV lanesWind closures
WSDOT closes a floating bridge when the wind gets high enough, and the closure arrives as a WSDOT alert — which is the Alerts box on this page. WSDOT publishes no wind speed for this crossing, so this page quotes none; if the bridge is closing, the alert above is where it says so.
Source: WSDOT · statewide travel alerts
Alternate route
SR 520 is the other cross-lake crossing. It is tolled in both directions at all hours, which I-90 is not.
Observations
First entry when the first advisory of the season posts.
Travel time now vs typical
| Route | Now | Typical |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle → Bellevue via I-90 | 15 min | 14 min |
| Bellevue → Seattle via I-90 | 12 min | 11 min |
WSDOT travel times · updated 9:05 am
Next 12 hours
| Time | Temp | Forecast | Precip | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | 58 °F | Chance Light Rain | 39% | 8 mph |
| 9:00 am | 58 °F | Chance Light Rain | 32% | 6 mph |
| 10:00 am | 57 °F | Partly Sunny | 11% | 5 mph |
| 11:00 am | 57 °F | Slight Chance Light Rain | 16% | 3 mph |
| 12:00 pm | 59 °F | Partly Sunny | 12% | 3 mph |
| 1:00 pm | 60 °F | Partly Sunny | 9% | 5 mph |
| 2:00 pm | 60 °F | Mostly Sunny | 9% | 5 mph |
| 3:00 pm | 61 °F | Mostly Sunny | 9% | 5 mph |
| 4:00 pm | 60 °F | Partly Sunny | 8% | 5 mph |
| 5:00 pm | 60 °F | Mostly Sunny | 2% | 5 mph |
| 6:00 pm | 59 °F | Partly Cloudy | 1% | 5 mph |
| 7:00 pm | 57 °F | Partly Cloudy | 1% | 5 mph |
Forecast: National Weather Service
Alerts
No alerts on this stretch · checked 9:13 am
The pass, in Sal’s words
Hear Sal
Hear Sal on the I-90 bridge
0:30Transcript
This is I-90 floating bridge. The cameras and the travel times on this page are WSDOT's, read live. The rules, in plain words: No toll; HOV lanes; Wind closures. Each one on the page carries its source. If this one closes, this site has SR 520 bridge right now. Worth stopping before the crossing: Borracchini's Bakery, Roanoke Inn, La Fête Pâtisserie Française. Want me along? Start a ride and I will narrate the drive.