Update for February 27, 2009
For the week, March 2nd through March 6th, the Contractor plans on continuing operations (drilling, blasting, wall excavation, wall construction, and drilling of soil nails for the shoring for wall construction) in one, two or three of the wall areas. Please be advised that the roadway is under the winter roadway opening/closure schedule for this week.
Night work is scheduled for this week; Monday night through Thursday night. Be prepared for 2 hour delays 8:00pm to 6:00am
NOTE: The “Women with Bait” Tournament continues this week, so be aware of the minor time changes to the opening / closure road schedule.
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.
Note schedule changes starting March 9th
Starting March 9th the daily road opening/closure schedule changes for the ongoing road construction. For the detailed schedule for March, click on the ‘March 2009 Schedule’ in the orange TRAVEL INFO section above.
Here is a glance at the week of March 2nd to March 6th showing the Tuesday – Thursday mid-day road opening/closure times.
Drilling and “hammering” away @ 4+920 +/-
Preparatory work; excavating for ramp in and out @ Wall 14 (10+650 +/-)
Starting soil nails for temporary shoring @ Wall 13 (10+410 +/-)
Join in the fun this Saturday, March 28th in Riggins, Idaho and attend the “all you can eat” CRAB FEED. For more information check out:
http://www.rigginsidaho.com/pdf/crabfeed.pdf
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