Update for February 13, 2009
Monday, February 16th is President’s Day The roadway will be open to the public.
For the rest of the week, February 17th through February 20th, the Contractor plans on continuing operations (drilling, blasting, preparation for wall construction) in one or two areas and the roadway will again be under the winter opening/closure schedule for this week.
No night work scheduled for this week.
NOTE: The “Women with Bait” Tournament continues this week, so be aware of the minor time changes to the opening / closure road schedule.
NOTE: There is a construction update meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 18th at 6:00pm to 7:30pm at the Best Western Salmon River Lodge.
For those of you planning on visiting the area to camp, hunt, fish, and/or just to enjoy the area, the Salmon River Road may have changed since your last visit, so please be cautious and patient when traveling through the construction area and abide by the signs placed for your safety, and everyone else’s safety also.
For the detailed schedule for February, click on the ‘February 2009 Schedule’ in the orange TRAVEL INFO section above.
Here is a glance at the week of February 16th to February 20th showing the Tuesday – Thursday mid-day road opening/closure times:
Placing rip rap at 4+980 +/-
Placing blast mats to contain any flyrock from escaping the blast area (4+900 +/-)
Excavator mounted hydraulic hammer being used to break loose blasted rock
Gary Wrightman
Project Engineer
Western Federal Lands Highway Division
Federal Highway Administration
If you would like to provide a comment, click here: salmonriver@mail.wfl.fhwa.dot.gov